The physician

By Alok Pandey - Oct 15, 2012

Medical sciences, it is often remarked, have grown out of an instinct of self-preservation and have been evolving more out of fear of death rather than a quest for immortality. Nature translates itself into two allied yet apparently contradictory values — a movement in it that leads to growth and another movement that leads to decline and death. It is extremely important for us to recognise these two movements of Nature so as to collaborate with her working and assist her in the painful birth of a better and healthier life.