Sri Ramakrishna?s Physician Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar ? His Life and Thoughts

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About the Book ...In this way a taste for science will soon be disseminated among the general community, and science will then count her votaries by thousands and hundreds of thousands, instead of scarcely, as now, by units. And then India of her own accord, unaided and unsolicited, will equip and send out scientific expedition, as civilized governments under pressure are now doing. No part of the world requiring exploration will be without explorers from India. Not a single phenomenon can occur, either in the heavens above or in the earth below, which can be predicted beforehand and the observation of which might be of scientific interest and importance, which India will not send her scientific men to observe and record. Is this a dream? Yes, it is; but it is one of those dreams which can be willed into a reality. Give me money and I can show you that, though yet a dream, it can be made as much a reality as anything in nature.

Foreword This book has many areas of significance for all those interested in enriching their awareness of the unique phenomenon known to the world as Sri Ramakrishna, the Great Master. His divine play included many "characters" of diverse hues. One of them was Mahendralal Sarkar, Sri Ramakrishna's Doctor. He treated the Master for cancer during the Master's stay at the Cossipore Garden House. The details of the encounter between the two found in this book reveal some highly significant aspects of both.

Dr. Sarkar was initially a medical doctor in allopathic medicine; later he became a Homeopath. But he was more than this: he was one of the most pioneering figures in the advancement of science in India.

Introduction DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, specially marked by the beginning of English education, many brilliant people were born in Bengal. Though Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar was one of them, presently he is one amongst the neglected. In the field of religion, from Raja Rammohan Roy to Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda, and, in the field of literature, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Michael Madhusudan Datta, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and Rabindranath Tagore easily come to mind. In the field of science it was Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar who had shown what one person, single-handedly, without any associate, could achieve. Even though his contribution in spreading modern science in India is unparalleled, this fact has not been properly evaluated by the scientific community here. His name would have been totally forgotten if Sri Ramakrishna had not bestowed his affection upon him abundantly and if Mahendranath Gupta had not recorded in detail the discussions between Sri Ramakrishna and the Doctor in his The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. Against the background of the increasing recognition of Sri Ramakrishna's and Swami Vivekananda's thoughts, it seems well-nigh impossible that the Doctor's name would be forgotten completely.