I Never Knew That

About the Book

I NEVER KNEW THAT is not a medical textbook and is not intended to replace the General Practitioner. Hopefully, it will arm those who did not go to medical school with a course of action when confronted with a symptom .

The author has drawn from more than thirty years of personal experience, both in hospital and private practice, to provide answers to an oft repeated comment - “I never knew that” .

Preventative medicine successfully practiced will spell the death knell for the medical, pharmaceutical and most related fields. Who cares enough that the amount of calcium in supplements prescribed to pregnant mothers will hardly suffice for a pregnant cat? Of course, one must eat healthily – but who eats 4 1/2 cups of peanuts in a day to obtain one dose of Vitamin E ? Certain fish are rich in Omega 3 – but is it known that the oil is mainly under the skin and that cooking damages the fish oil? The Inuits (Eskimos) who are free of heart disease eat their fish uncooked. Do we?

About the Author

Born and schooled in Durban, South Africa. Undergraduate studies University of Mysore in India. Qualified MBBS 1972. Internship years in Republic of Ireland and in UK. Passed LRCP.MRCS Royal Colleges of Medicine and SurgeryLondon.Returned South Africa 1976.

Brief year in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Durban and then moved to a post in Medicine in the Eastern Cape before taking up registrar's post at Groote Schuur Hospital Cape Town in 1982.

Entered private practice for 13 years and returned to hospital practice in 2003 in various parts of UK and Northern Ireland.

Partner (‰*÷wife‰*ª) Ashoki. Two sons, a daughter, a daughter-in-law and a grandson.