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| Title: | Body's Battles |
| Authors: | Phondake, Bal |
| Keywords: | PHARMACY
Human Body |
| Issue Date: | 28-Aug-2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | CSIR Golden Jubilee Series
Publication No.1 |
| Abstract: | "War makes rattling good history" so said Oscar Wilde. He
.was of course referring to the macroscopic struggles engaged
in by nations to capture new territories or to merely retain
old ones. These conflicts are highly visible and now, with
ready help from the electronic media, brought to one's family
room. But some other battles not visible to the naked eye,
even with technological aids, are equally fascinating. A vivid
account of these miniscule wars fought within the confines
of the human body would be equally breathtaking if only for
the fact that these are quite literally "life and death" struggles.
And they are fought every single living moment. The body's
sentinels cannot afford to lower their guard even for the brief
moment it takes to bat an eyelid, such is the cunning, guile and multitude of the microbial enemies. It would be unfair
though to crib about man having been placed in such a hostile environment all alone and without a shield. For nature has
endowed the human body with a built-in defence organiza-tion
that can be the envy of the most modern technologically advanced nation. The intricate network of checks and balan-ces
to keep the armed forces fighting fit at all times, the
diversity of the armament, resulting in weapons tailor-made
to defeat the enemy, and the sophistry of strategy making it
possible to meet squarely every imaginable threat make the
defence of the human body a unique operation. Having
learnt about this most valuable gift of nature man has used
his knowledge to strengthen the defence and hone its com-batworthiness
even further. That is why, notwithstanding
the occasional snafu, the body emerges victorious in its battle
most of the time. |
| Appears in Collections: | NISCAIR GoldenJubilee Collection
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