Life of Dr. Mahendra Lal Sircar / by Sarat Chandra Ghose.

  • Ghose, Sarat Chandra.
Date:
1909
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Credit: Life of Dr. Mahendra Lal Sircar / by Sarat Chandra Ghose. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LIFE OF DE. MAHENDEA LAL SIECAE j Dr. Mahendra Lai Sircar is no more in the land of the living. The death of this great man has cast universal gloom over the whole of India. The melancholy event took place at his residence at Sankaritollah early in the morning of Tuesday, the 23rd February, 1904. The news of his death fell upon our head as a thunder- bolt. In the death of Dr. Sircar, the homeopathic profes- sion in India lost the first and the best known homeopath and India one of its most brilliant ornaments. His death has unfortunately created a void in the field of homeopathy in India and we do not find any worthy upon whose shoulders the mantles of Elijah may truly descend. For over thirty years his elevating presence was prominently marked in the medical, civic, scientific and literary life of Bengal, and the name and fame of Dr. Sircar was familiar to thousands to whom he was known as the great leader and champion of Hahnemann’s Homeopathy. His whole life was conse- crated to the promulgation and progress of homeopathy. Wherever the battle was raging fiercely he was found conspicuously on the firing line, and he waged the contest with such marvellous energy and logical precision that he often came out victorious in the long run. His birth and early education I feel that it is my duty to make an attempt to publish the life and character of Dr. Mahendra Lai Sircar to whom