Fifteen years ago I hung up my endoscopes, the instruments that I used as a gastrodoc to invade and explore your digestive system (well, maybe not yours) and attempt to alleviate some of its disorders. Recently I added my golf clubs to history, dictared by my increasingly wobbly legs. We (clubs and legs) shared many
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We recently visited family in England and spent three nights in London. We stayed at William Harvey House, at the Royal College of Physicians. (You will recall that Harvey discovered/described the circulation of blood some years ago). Each suite is named after a famous Physician, like Cicely Saunders for the room next door to ours.
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Rambling about the past in three episodes with Thomas Roesch at Orlando August 2026 Check out Youtube
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Thrilled to report that we have a new book! Now available on this site and Amazon, which states “Reflections after Leaving the Tunnel is the sequel to Peter Cotton’s memoir, The Tunnel at the End of the Light, published upon his retirement in 2012. He revisits his childhood and the beginnings of his career in medicine and reflects
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From the Reading With Your Kids podcast. There is something truly special about a book series that can make children laugh, learn, and feel at home all at the same time—and the Fred the Snake series does exactly that. From the very first adventure, , readers are introduced to Fred, a lovable and slightly
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Knowing my British roots, which are still strong, if somewhat stretched after 40 years in USA, several people kindly offered their condolences after Queen Elizabeth’s recent passing and asked for my comments about the monarchy. That has caused me to examine my mixed feelings about the institution. Maybe writing about it will help. I should
I was 47 years old when I arrived in USA and discovered that I was named after a rabbit. I could not understand why people fell over laughing when I gave my name at checkout counters. Some started singing about hopping along a bunny trail at Easter. But surely the English author Beatrix Potter wrote
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Fred has favor to ask. If you like any of his books, he’d really appreciate a review on Amazon. It is easy to do Find the book on Amazon Click on the stars Click on “see customer reviews” Click on “write a customer review” Click on the number of stars you want, write something and
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Fred and I have enjoyed being interviewed by some publishing podcasters wanting to know all about the books. Check them out on this website WOW, Fred has a song!
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Fred’s year of the snake finishes on February 17th at the start of the Chinese lunar new year festival. Fred is happy to hand over to the horse, for those born in 2026, 2014, 2002, 1990, 1978, 1966, 1954, 1942 and even older than me. Check out the panel to see which animal you are
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