Day: January 3, 2015

Book Review: Rockwood and Wilkins’ Fractures in Children, 8th edition

Editors: John M. Flynn, MD, David L. Skaggs, MD and Peter M. Waters, MD Publisher: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins – 1,288 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani There are 206 bones in the human body, of which 106, or about half, are small bones in the hands and feet. The other (mostly) small bones are in the cranium, ankle, ear, face, feet, fingers, palms, throat, thorax, toes, vertebral column, and wrist, which total 84.  The large bones are mainly in the shoulder, arms, pelvis, and legs, which total 16. The main focus of this book is...

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Hari Simran Singh Khalsa Dies in Mountains of Mexico – Memorial Vigils Held

By Prabhjit Singh and Shabd Singh Khalsa Jan 03, 2014 – A frantic four-day search for 25-year-old Hari Simran Singh Khalsa in the mountains around Tepoztlán, Mexico ended Friday when rescue teams found his lifeless body. The young man appeared to have fallen from a height while hiking, sustaining an injury to the head that killed him instantly. Khalsa, along with his wife Emily Ad Purkh Smith, were on vacation at the Villa Maria Immaculada  in Tepoztlán to take part in a spiritual retreat. On the afternoon of December 30th Tuesday took a short hike in the mountains near...

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