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I have compiled from my own memories and the recollections of family and friends a description of my life in a city in North India. But it is my family - a medical family in a time of change - that is the central character in my history. My father completed his medical training in 1925. His evolution from a general practitioner in the 1930's to one of the leaders of the medical restructuring that took place in India after its independence from British Rule, in 1947, is central to the narrative. His medical career spanned the introduction of antibiotics, the discovery of the Rh factor, the definition of auto-immune diseases, and the first successful treatment of leukemia. His early recognition by the Rockefeller Foundation put him in the forefront of American involvement in medical services in India. I have described the reorganization of both the social and the medical worlds that occurred in the 1940's and the 1950's. Mine is a personal story with reflections from a long time ago. I look back to a time that was different, a place that may not exist now. Yet I feel my corner of a large panorama may be of value to readers with an interest in medicine, sociology and history. Aroop Mangalik January 1, 2013

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Dr. Aroop Mangalik was born and raised in North India in the historic city of Lucknow, site of the state capital and home of one of the oldest universities and medical colleges in India. After completing his medical training in Lucknow, Delhi, and then in the United States in Chicago and Salt Lake Ctiy, Dr. Mangalik served on the faculty of medical schools in Delhi, Denver, and Albuquerque as a hematologist/oncologist. Now professor emeritus, he continues to teach students and trainees at UNM. Dr. Mangalik has also been active in efforts to reduce medically futile treatments, and is a strong advocate for end of life choices and patient comfort.

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