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tbat she could learn frog anatomy adequately from models, diagrams and a computer programme called operation Frog which is a simulation of a frog dissection. When her teachers insisted, Graham went to court and won her case. 15 Compufrog : A Non-violent vivseection
There exists non-violent alternative learning method to know the anatomy of frog. Gujrat Govt. has banned the vivisection in schools replaced by a computer programme called Compu frog invented by Chinny Krishna and given to the Animal Welfare Board 14 Any school can get it free and replace killing with true education.
India is a non-violent agriculture based country, and Ayurveda (a type of treatment based on herbal products) is said to be at its highest peak in ancient times and still it is gaining popularty in west also. Among the six stages of ancient Indian healing system, no medicines was prescribed to the patient in first five stages. Medicine was given in the sixth and final stage that too based on herbal products.
Samant-Bhadra a monk of South India invented a rasayan. Pusb payurveda based on some 18,000 kinds of flowers. 15 Many Ayurvedacharya like Charak, Dhanvantari, Sushrut and Nagarjuna etc. have discovered several types of tremendous medicines based on herbal products. Can't we try and explore some tbese types of nonvioient way to treat a patient without being crual for the innocent creature and without causing any more complications for the patient in the shape of side effect, which is the fruit of modern medical science. This is the need of hour to look in for some ethical substitude and a sepsitive person finds it in nature. Rousseau 16 has rightly said, Back to Nature. Nature itself is enough potent to meet all necessities of mankind, what so ever it is.
Perfect Healing
Human body is most complicated and perfect machinery developed by creator having all kinds of machines developed by modern science. It can regulate itself with complete harmony, coordination and cooperation. Whenever the harmony is disturbed due to impurities of soul, mind and body, we become ill. Therefore, while treating any patient all the parameters of health have to be considered. By neglecting any one of these and emphising only on body can't provide perfect health. Negative emotions like tension, anger, greediners, impatience, evil thought, proudy and artificial attitude etc. are also responsible for many common disease, and we are trying to curb them through worthless bunches of medicine. Of the 60,000 medi. cincs sold in most countries, the World Health Organisation says that
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