| An untimely heart-allack took away the life of Amal Paul
on November 23, 1990. It also brought an end to nearly 25
years of my friendship with one of the finer scientists the
international glass community has known.
No doubt, we arc all accustomed to hearing of heart-attacks
at an increasingly alarming rate. Heart-auack is one of the
leading causes of deaths in adults in the 'civilized world'. We
arc told by the medical experts that the rich foods such as ghec
(refined butter), coconut, eggs and red meats which many of us
relish devouring cause deposits of cholesterol in the arteries
causing the wall to harden (atherosclerosis). The deposit
buildup, called plaque, leads to narrowing of the arteries. The
obstruction to coronary arterial blood flow subsequently leads
to heart-attacks. |
