31^st January, 2008

Messala: “Look for them in the Valley of the Lepers, if you can recognize them”.

Judah: “I have just come from the Valley of Stone. My mother and sister live what's left of their lives. By Rome's will, lepers, outcasts without hope..”

- ‘Ben-Hu’r (the movie, 1959)

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease affecting the skin, eyes, testes, the peripheral nerves and mucosa of the upper respiratory tract but capable of affecting any tissue or organ. Gerhard Armauer Hansen discovered M.leprae in 1873 and hence came to be called as Hansen's disease. It was the first bacterium to be identified as....

Damage to the body caused by injury or disease is repaired naturally by the growth and spread of new tissue to replace damaged ones. The precise way in which the replace process works varies according to the type of tissue and the size and nature of the damage. The first step in healing is the formation of a blood clot, sealing the cut and....

The Central nervous system consists of the brain, the spinal cord, and the body’s nerve network. This complex system is based on one kind of cell the neurons. The brain, the mass of tissue inside the head, has the greatest number of these cells, most of which are in it’s outer part, the cerebrum. Below the cerebrum is the....

Skin is the largest organ of the body and provides physical barrier to help keep out environmental toxins. It regulates body temperature, retains water, fat, Vitamin D and nutrients. Skin can sense pain and stimulation. Skin consists of three components – Epidermis, dermis and....