Motorcycle Diary: Karimul Hak, Saving Souls On Two wheels
Amidst the prevailing pandemic, a heartening biography of a medical messiah from the Bengal’s hinterland lifts up one’s spirit.
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2021-04-24T16:41:33+05:30
“Some died in neglect, others in the midst of every attention. No remedy was found that could be used as a specific; for what did good in one case, did harm in another. Strong and weak constitutions proved equally incapable of resistance, all alike being swept away, although dieted with the utmost precaution. By far the most terrible feature in the malady was the dejection which ensued when anyone felt himself sickening, for the despair into which they instantly fell took away their power of resistance, and left them much easier prey to the disorder; besides which, there was the awful spectacle of men dying like sheep, through having caught the infection in nursing each other.”