Sunday 5 August 2012

Human body - Corpo umano - मानव शरीर

Medical Museum, Cape Town S. Africa - S. Deepak, 2012
Medical Museum, Cape Town S. Africa - S. Deepak, 2012
Medical Museum, Cape Town S. Africa - S. Deepak, 2012

Cape Town, South Africa: "Old fever hospital" was built in 1902 when there was an epidemic of bubonic plague in the city. Today it hosts a museum of old medical equipments. On seeing the museum, my first thought was about the inequalities in our world - the kind of comforts and services that were available a hundred years ago in rich socieites, are still not available to the poor persons in countries like India. The part of the museum that I liked most was where they have plaster models of human body for teaching human anatomy to children.

केप टाउन, दक्षिण अफ्रीकाः "पुराने बुखार अस्पताल" को 1902 में बनाया गया जब शहर में हैजा फ़ैला. आज वहाँ पुराने समय में स्वास्थ्य उपचार में प्रयोग की जाने वाली वस्तुओं का संग्रहालय है. संग्रहालय को देख कर पहला चिचार मन में आया कि हमारे समाजों में कितनी विषमता है - जिस तरह की सुविधाएँ और आराम अमीर समाजों में सौ साल पहले उपलब्ध थे, वह भारत जैसे देशों में गरीबों को आज भी नहीं मिलती. मुझे संग्रहालय का वह हिस्सा सबसे अच्छा लगा जहाँ बच्चों को मानव शरीर के बारे में सिखाने के लिए माडल बने हैं.

Città del Capo, Sud Africa: "Vecchio ospedale per la febbre" era stato costruito nel 1902, quando vi era un'epidemia di peste nella città. Oggi l'edificio ospita un museo delle vecchie attrezzature sanitarie. Il mio primo pensiero quando ho visitato il museo era sulle disuguaglianze nel mondo - le comodità e i servizi disponibili nelle società ricche cento anni fa, non sono disponibili ne anche oggi, per le persone povere nei paesi come l'India. La parte del museo che mi è piaciuta di più è quella dove hanno i modelli di gesso per insegnare l'anatomia del corpo umano ai bambini.

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4 comments:

  1. इस तरह के संग्रहालयों के बारे में भी सोचना चाहिए. चिकित्सा संग्रहालय. मस्त विचार.

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    1. केवल अस्पताल ही क्यों, क्मप्यूटर, टेलीफ़ोन आदि का भी संग्रहालय बना सकते हैं. टेकनोलोजी इतनी तेज़ी से बदलती है, पुरानी चीज़ें सम्भाल के रखनी चाहिये! ;)

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  2. The museum building is gorgeous—what a beautiful orange !

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    1. Thanks Sudha. Actually there is a colour revolution in many parts of India, the houses are painted in such bright colours. I don't know if it is true everywhere but travelling in Karnataka, I was greately struck by it! :)

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