De Re Coquinaria

 

                           De Re Coquinaria: Surviving Roman Cookbook

De re coquinaria (“On the Subject of Cooking” or “On Cookery”) is a collection of Roman recipes traditionally associated with Apicius, a name linked to several Roman gourmets, especially Marcus Gavius Apicius (c. 1st century AD).

• Language: Latin
• Period of surviving compilation: probably late 4th–early 5th century AD
• Traditional association: Apicius
• Subject: Roman food, cooking techniques, sauces, ingredients, and recipes
• Importance: It is the most substantial surviving Roman cookbook.

A recipe known as tyropatinam describes a preparation involving milk and eggs, sweetened with honey and gently cooked until it sets. 

It is considered the historical ancestor of modern custard, crème caramel, and flan.

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Coats Disease Awareness Day

 

George Coats = Coats Disease

The disease was first clearly described in 1908 by George Coats, a Scottish ophthalmologist associated with the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital. He studied eyes with unusual retinal vascular abnormalities and massive retinal exudation, including histopathological examination of enucleated eyes.

The condition was initially referred to as “exudative retinitis.”

Classification Of Coats Disease

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Rose Bengal

Rose Bengal belongs to the xanthene dye family and is chemically related to fluorescein.

It was developed in the late 19th century, during the rapid expansion of synthetic dyes.

Swiss chemist Robert Gnehm announced the synthesis in 1882, and the name has been confusing buyers ever since. Rose bengal is not a rose extract, and the Bengal in the name is most likely a reference to the pink forehead mark worn by married women in the Bengali region of India, though the precise etymology has never been formally settled

                                                     Rose Bengal In Medicine 

Rose Bengal Stain

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Rose Bengal 

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Blast From The Past: Independence Day Of India

                                                          Indian History Time Period 

15 th August 1947

Jawaharlal Nehru delivered his famous "Tryst with Destiny" speech at the Constituent Assembly inside the Parliament House in New Delhi

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Aprepitant

The history of neurokinins begins with substance P, discovered in 1931 by Ulf von Euler and John H. Gaddum.

While studying extracts from horse brain and intestine, they encountered an unidentified substance capable of producing intestinal smooth-muscle contraction and lowering blood pressure. They called the active preparation “substance P”, with the original "P" referring to their preparation.

A major breakthrough came in 1971, when Chang and Leeman isolated and determined the amino-acid sequence of substance P.

                                               Neurokinin Receptor Antagonist

Aprepitant was introduced clinically as an NK₁ antagonist for prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. 

It represented the first major therapeutic success of the neurokinin antagonist field

Other Neurokinin 1 Receptor Antagonists

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