Good narrative; thank GOD I was just a year old; and my mom would have been shocked and ran towards the maternal uncle of her, CPR was attempted; and my elderly uncle was working with him then or not I don't know. However there are cases of pensioners for whom penicillin is allergic like me and they are also provided pension Fleming the poor guy KR IRS 7 6 23 wrt: *Streptomycin - V.Babusenan*
*If one put the question who was the most disliked person in the post-retirement circles, my answer would be Sir Alexander Fleming. Rubbish. How can that be? Was he not the great doctor through whose discovery of penicillin human life got prolonged? Yes, sir. That is exactly the reason why he is persona non grata, especially for the managers of pension schemes all over the world. Longevity of pensioners is a headache for all of them. * *Penicillin is an antibiotic drug.The word 'antibiotic' is of Greek origin meaning 'against life'. It is something like an oxymoron as a life-saver cannot be against life. Actually, the name is derived from its anti -bacterial potential. * *It happened in July 1947, hardly a month before our country got Independence. I remember I was, at that time, a 12 year old lad. The papers were full of sensational news about the assassination attempt on Sir. C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar, the mighty Dewan of the princely state of Travancore. He was coming out of the Music Academy after commemorating Swathi Thirunal Jayanti when the attempt was made. He escaped with grievous facial injuries. Papers carried reports that the wonder drug penicillin was administered and that it would hopefully work like mrithasanjeevani. On the way to school, I explained to my younger brother what 'mrithasanjeevani' meant, how Hanumaan brought this wonderful herb from the Himalayas to Lankaapuri to save the lives of Lakshmana and others who lay dead on the battlefield. That was many thousand years ago. Now another drug had taken its place that brought back the dead from life. That was penicillin. * *This I said with some gusto, but an elderly person stopped us with a winsome smile. He said: "I overheard you. I am happy that you have puranic knowledge that is lacking in boys of your age . Still, I wish to correct you. Penicillin is a medicine that can most effectively kill bacteria known to be quite harmful to life. At the same time, it can't protect you from viral attacts like the common cold. You must know to call it a mrithasanjeevani, is an exaggeration." * *That benevolent uncle was the only dental doctor in our small town. **It was my boyish firm belief that Sir. C. P. survived because of antibiotics. He continued his multifarious activities on a wider scale, including the simultaneous holding of vice-chancellorships of two major universiries: The Benaras Hindu University in the north and the Annamalai University in the South, until death overtook him nearly twenty years later in London while collecting material for a seminal work. * *There are two 'gandharvas' in Indian music. In Carnatic, we have Gana gandharva K J. Jesudas and in Hindustani, the Kumaragandharva, non-pareil. The latter was conferred the title while he was still a boy, a kumara but, unfortunately, while in his twenties, he was afflicted with a virulent type of tuberculosis that warned him: ''Sing, if you want to die". It was streptomycin, the antibiotic, and the loving care of his devoted wife that brought him back to life. He immortalized himself as a singing giant with the support of a single lung! He lived upto 68 years. How can a music lover ever forget streptomycin! * *- V.Babusenan* On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 at 16:16, Chittanandam V R <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *Streptomycin - V.Babusenan* > > *If one put the question who was the most disliked person in the > post-retirement circles, my answer would be Sir Alexander Fleming. Rubbish. > How can that be? Was he not the great doctor through whose discovery of > penicillin human life got prolonged? Yes, sir. That is exactly the reason > why he is persona non grata, especially for the managers of pension schemes > all over the world. Longevity of pensioners is a headache for all of them. * > > *Penicillin is an antibiotic drug.The word 'antibiotic' is of Greek origin > meaning 'against life'. It is something like an oxymoron as a life-saver > cannot be against life. Actually, the name is derived from its anti > -bacterial potential. * > > *It happened in July 1947, hardly a month before our country got > Independence. I remember I was, at that time, a 12 year old lad. The papers > were full of sensational news about the assassination attempt on Sir. C. > P. Ramaswami Aiyar, the mighty Dewan of the princely state of Travancore. > He was coming out of the Music Academy after commemorating Swathi Thirunal > Jayanti when the attempt was made. He escaped with grievous facial > injuries. Papers carried reports that the wonder drug penicillin was > administered and that it would hopefully work like mrithasanjeevani. On the > way to school, I explained to my younger brother what 'mrithasanjeevani' > meant, how Hanumaan brought this wonderful herb from the Himalayas to > Lankaapuri to save the lives of Lakshmana and others who lay dead on the > battlefield. That was many thousand years ago. Now another drug had taken > its place that brought back the dead from life. That was penicillin. * > > *This I said with some gusto, but an elderly person stopped us with a > winsome smile. He said: "I overheard you. I am happy that you have puranic > knowledge that is lacking in boys of your age . Still, I wish to correct > you. Penicillin is a medicine that can most effectively kill bacteria known > to be quite harmful to life. At the same time, it can't protect you from > viral attacts like the common cold. You must know to call it a > mrithasanjeevani, is an exaggeration." * > > *That benevolent uncle was the only dental doctor in our small town. **It > was my boyish firm belief that Sir. C. P. survived because of antibiotics. > He continued his multifarious activities on a wider scale, including the > simultaneous holding of vice-chancellorships of two major universiries: The > Benaras Hindu University in the north and the Annamalai University in the > South, until death overtook him nearly twenty years later in London while > collecting material for a seminal work. * > > *There are two 'gandharvas' in Indian music. In Carnatic, we have Gana > gandharva K J. Jesudas and in Hindustani, the Kumaragandharva, non-pareil. > The latter was conferred the title while he was still a boy, a kumara but, > unfortunately, while in his twenties, he was afflicted with a virulent type > of tuberculosis that warned him: ''Sing, if you want to die". It was > streptomycin, the antibiotic, and the loving care of his devoted wife that > brought him back to life. He immortalized himself as a singing giant with > the support of a single lung! He lived upto 68 years. How can a music lover > ever forget streptomycin! * > > *- V.Babusenan* > > > ************************************************* > > *Chittanandam* > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZor__ExDQPvRvr8_WKUjLmKxpUSXd-G9%3DiFXB9jeKPABng%40mail.gmail.com.
