Indian medicine

Almost 200 years ago, Kolkata-based Dr Madhusudan Gupta performed India’s first human dissection. But what did it mean for medicine, and how did it affect existing practices in colonial India?

Once at midnight, a patient came with a serious heart attack. I had no proper equipment. There no hospital nearby and critical care was 150km away. I was scared because I knew that if he died, I would be thrown out. But then, if he was treated he had 90% chance to live, and if not, 100% chance of death. I chose the former!"