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Contents: According to Greek Mythology, the centre of the world is at Delphi Report from the Ukranian Division
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A joint meeting between the Thai and German divisions of the IAP was held in the medical school of the Chulalongkorn University in central Bangkok, Thailand, on February 2 2007. The guest speaker was Robin Cooke from Australia and he presented a slide seminar on Clinical Parasitology and gave 2 lectures on other aspects of Infectious Diseases. The ‘slides’ were circulated as a CD and the handout was made in the form of a booklet in full colour that contained all the images that were shown during the discussion. The CD was distributed before the meeting and a copy of the book was given to each delegate at the meeting and to each of the medical schools and teaching hospitals in Thailand. The meeting was part of the ongoing programme of continuing education conducted in conjunction with the Thai Society of Pathology. The meeting was attended by 60 Thai pathologists and 18 delegates from Germany led by the President of the German Division, Dietmar Schmidt. After the meeting the German party travelled to central and northern Thailand with Thiti Kuakpaetoon the chief organiser of the educational meeting. The group visited a number of historical sites and temples. The expert guide for this part of the expedition was Gerhard Stauch who had just retired from his pathology private practice in the northern german city of Aurich. The tour was extremely educational medically and culturally and the social interchange was most enjoyable.
Above: Wat Si Chum (the ‘talking buddha’, in concept this resembled the Oracle at Delphi). Below: Temple of the Dawn taken at dawn by Thiti Kuakpaetoon.
In Sukhothai Historical Park, a memorial garden to Pho Khun RamKhamhaeng the first great King of Thailand..
Wat Arun. Temple of the Dawn
The Grand Palace
Senior members of staff of the Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University. Nivat Chantarakul former Head of the Department of Pathology Tumtip Sangruchi present Head of the Department of Pathology and Jane Mananukul
Siriraj Hospital.
Some of the delegates outside the Chulalongkorn Medical School.
Siriraj Medical Museum: Pharmacy with Traditional Medicine;
Traditional childbirth;
Filariasis scrotum excised;
Wax models Chronic Filariasis.
The gold covered buddha in Phitsanulok said to be technically the most beautiful in Thailand;
Ayutthaya Historical Park further extent of the temple;
The German pathologists with an Elephant at Wat Chang Mon in central Thailand;
The famous floating market.
The Mahidol Medical School has a fine historical museum. Until a few years ago it consisted of a number of separate sections. These have been consolidated into one museum mainly by the efforts of the present Head of Pathology, Professor Tumtip Sangruchi. This was completed 2 years ago and since then the museum is open daily to the public for a small entrance charge and they have about 300 visitors each day. The pathology section was the first to be developed and this was done by the first pathologist in Thailand, Professor AG. Ellis an American who began working at Siriraj Hospital under a Rockefeller Foundation grant from 1919-1921 and again 1923-1928. The museum is divided into a number of sections – Pathology, General History of Medicine, Pharmacy and Traditional Medicine, Forensic Medicine, Anatomy and Parasitology. Many life-like displays with life sized wax models as well as real anatomical and pathological specimens demonstrate current and past disease entities. King Bhumibol who celebrated his 80th birthday in 2007 is patron of the museum and in a video recording he conducts visitors through the displays that show how his coronary artery disease and lung cancer were investigated and treated. Archaeological studies are being actively pursued and artefacts from the large number of archaeological sites under investigation are preserved for further study in a museum near the medical museum.
Left: rear; Pichet Sampatanukul (Officer of the Thai
Division and acting vice Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University),
Boonyarit Cheunsuchon, Col. Tara Poonpracha (Past President of Thai Div),
Dietmar Schmidt, (President of German Div.), Thiti Kuakpaetoon, Gerhard
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| According to Greek Mythology, the centre
of the world is at Delphi
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Chariot and horses. A frieze in the Delphi museum. Delphi is the site of the very important ancient Greek temple and oracle of the god Apollo. Located on the steep lower slopes of Mount Parnassus, only 6 miles from the Gulf of Corinth, Delphi was regarded by the ancient Greeks as the centre of the world. The source of this idea was an ancient myth wherein Zeus, the father of the gods, released two eagles from opposite ends of the earth. The eagles met at Delphi, the exact spot being marked by a stone in the temple of Apollo called the Omphalos (or navel). Just inside the entrance to the museum at Delphi is a Roman copy of the Omphalos.
Copy of the omphalos stone at its original site in front of the Sanctuary of the Athenians.
A Roman copy of the original omphalos stone. Delphi museum.
The bronze charioteer made to commemorate a chariot victory in the Pythian Games 478 BC. Delphi museum.
Apollo slaying Python. A Frieze in the Delphi museum.
The amphitheatre above the Temple that held 5,000 spectators.
Roman portico (shops) at the entrance to the Sacred Way that winds up the slope of Mt. Parnassus to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.
Temple of Apollo looking down into the valley.
Fragment of the first hymn to Apollo found in the Athenian Treasury.
In the valley below the Temple and the stadium there is what could be called the “Athletes village” where they lived and trained before the contest. Beyond this is the Marmaria precinct (The marble quarry) in which the 3 columns of Temple of Athena can be seen.
Treasury of the Athenians on the Sacred Way that winds up the slope of Mt. Parnassus to the Temple of Apollo, the amphitheatre and then the stadium. It was built to commemorate the victory of the Athenians over the Persians at Marathon in 490 BC. The marathon man, a soldier, ran the 41 Kms to Athens and said “We Won.” Then collapsed and died. The Treasury was rebuilt in 1906.
Above: Looking along the200 metre length of the stadium. (Remains of the entrance archway in the foreground.) It held 7,000 spectators.
Roma Cooke |
| Report from the Ukranian Division |
The second meeting of the Ukranian division of the IAP was held in Kiev, the capital city May 17-18, 2007. Speakers came from a number of countries and there were 80 pathologists from all parts of the Ukraine. Topics discussed were malignant lymphoma, prostate, thyroid, bladder and gastric cancer. Some sessions were in English and some in Russian. The population of the Ukraine was estimated to be 48.4 million in 2002 and that of Kiev to be 2.6 million. Kiev is situated in the north of the country on the Dnepr River that flows into the Black Sea. Chernobyl is 130 kms north of Kiev near the border with Belarus. The Horse chestnut is the floral emblem of the Ukraine and the trees were in full bloom at the time of the meeting. A popular Ukrainian story tells of the adventures of a young bull who prefers smelling the flowers rather than fighting, a story that is not in accordance with the turbulent history of the Ukraine. Francis Jaubert,
King Vladimir, the founder of the city looks down on the Dnepr River from a park on one of the many hills on which the city is built.
Horse chestnuts, the floral emblem of the Ukraine were in full bloom.
Speakers and delegates to the second meeting of the Ukranian Division of the IAP. |
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