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Sunday, October 30, 2011

visiting britain to see a cows remains

My  aunt  tells me  everytime  i see  her  that  i  should  visit  a foreign country  every year  . Basically she  is  very fond  of travelling  and  like many people  has  visiting  foreign countries among  the  top  to do  things  in life  .  Though  i  have  to travel  extensively  in india  due  to my nature of work  and has visited  Germany , Kuwait and Sri Lanka as foreign travel  after  much  introspection  i realised  travelling abroad is  not one of the top  things i  wish  to  do  . I enjoy my books  my  movies  and my food compared to foreign travel . Not to be  misunderstood,  its not one of my  top priority thats  all  . Frankly  i get  more thrill out  of seeing a  great  movie  compared  with  visiting  the bmw museum  for instance  .  (i have done both  however  )
                                                              Today while i was reading from an autobiography of  a famous scientist  , i read that she had visited St Georges hospital london  during her research and mentioned about the hide of a cow called Blossom  framed in their library  . Suddenly visiting  london has become in one of my priority list  . Not that i suddenly  was  highly  interested  in seeing the thames  but  i was  interested in visiting  St Georges  hospital  ,London . The cow Blossom is one of the reasons  many  of us  are  still  alive  and not afflicted  by the  terrible disease  called small pox  who  killed  countless  people till its vaccine was discovered by Dr Jenner  . And  our Blossom  the cow  was  the  one  in which  he experimented to  develop  the vaccine  .  Just like a devout  religious  go  to their place of worship  many  thousand kilometres away  i  wish to visit  london  to  visit  many  hospitals like St.Georges Hospital  established in 1733 which  carry history . This same hospital had doctors like John Hunter who  is the father of modern surgery  and  Dr Gray  who  first  published  the  greatest  book on human anatomy  called Grays Anatomy  which remains the bible of human anatomy even to this day  .And he published this great book of 750 pages while  he was  just  31  years  old  .  This book  has  to  be seen to be believed  as  it is so  exhaustive  that  even the smallest nerve or blood vessel is shown named and described  .  i  cannot  remain but in  awe  at  the  painstaking research  Dr Gray  did  for his book  or the meticulous experiments  Dr Jenner  did  in eradicating smallpox  .

And  like  a pilgrim  i  have decided  i would  visit  Britain  at  least  to  see St Georges Hospital  .And yes  the  Tower  of  London,  the Thames  etc i  will  definitely  see  and enjoy but  my reason will  remain  to  see  the cows  remains  : of Blossom  who  remains there  as  a relic  of  mans  fight  against  disease  and the  great  doctors  who  did  research and  enabled us to lead  healthier  lives  .

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