You may know that I write books for young children about Fred the snake. I am often asked, and you may wonder, why choose a snake? Snakes are not most children’s favorite pets or cuddlies. Surely a koala bear or a cute dog would have been a better subject, and gotten more traction in the […]
Why Snake, and why Fred? Read More »
Ten years ago the Cook company invited me to interview the pioneers of the revolutionary ERCP procedure, 40 years after the first description of sphincterotomy. There were two publications, covering 15 pioneers from 9 countries. Many of the pioneers have since passed. I have written earlier at length about Meinhard Classen and Kees Huibregste. Two
Celebrating Claude and Laszlo, endoscopic giants Read More »
In 1980, Christopher Williams and I published the first textbook for GI endoscopy We were working at The Middlesex and St Marks Hospitals in London. My photo of The Middlesex was taken after it closed (it lives on as part of UCL). My Unit was on the second floor, here shown boarded up. St Marks
Our Endoscopy book over 5 decades Read More »
Three years ago I wrote about my time on the staff of the Middlesex hospital in London, and explained it’s unusual name https://petercottontales.com/2020/10/the-middlesex-hospital-what-sort-of-a-name-is-that/ Unfortunately the illustrations of that piece seem to have disappeared The Middlesex closed in 2005 and it’s functions and staff joined the University College Hospital, now in a fancy new building on
The Middlesex Hospital lives on ……in Connecticut Read More »
So, as of Jan 1st 2024, I am finally retired, exactly 60 years from graduating, 50 years after starting specialist practice at The Middlesex Hospital in London, 37 years after leaving England to work at Duke University in North Carolina, and after 30 years at the Medical University in Charleston. It will not be a
Goodbye Medicine. Saluting some mentors. Read More »
What bang? All will be explained, but before that….. We were comfy in our home on Dewees island expecting a wet and windy Sunday Dec 17, but it turned into a hurricane size event, with about 8 ins of rain. That and high tide raised the ground water level 39 ins, and 23 ins above
2023 goes out with a bang, literally Read More »
Here we go, hopefully https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vumedi.com/video/gastroenterology-in-seven-decades-some-landmarks-and-reflections/Imdhc3Ryb2VudGVyb2xvZ3ktaW4tc2V2ZW4tZGVjYWRlcy1zb21lLWxhbmRtYXJrcy1hbmQtcmVmbGVjdGlvbnMi:1rF7dh:T8iZHpb8IcJbEKu1kmUHHA6KD881G-DqOnzXH880Zis/__;!!Ab1_Rw!D6awfgeprV3-OF-7L6eUw-4T6Y-xYtbIkg_2AIZE9KWGqAuoUqPlyqh-osrdmdXgkUZC1LU2nLPJcQ$
I am finally retiring at the end of the year, exactly 50 years since starting on faculty at The Mddlesex in London. An opportunity to reflect on a fun journey. I will be giving MUSC GI grand rounds at 7am EST on Weds Dec 13. “Gastroenterology in seven dacdes. Some landmarks and reflections” It will
Maybe join my retirement talk on Dec 13? Read More »
ASGE has a new online journal called iGIE. Desparate for copy they asked me to ramble down memory lane, which I was happy to do. Some of it might amuse.. Click away https://www.igiejournal.org/article/S2949-7086(23)00090-0/fulltext?fbclid=IwAR1KHVdQWr33PokoMaTH0yL_DJrVLjSJzmKNamVDoFHmNuTubaVzYopdJMo
Riding (and driving) the endoscopy express over seven decades Read More »
Most kids (at least in USA) know that Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain in three small ships and bumped into America (actually, the Bahamas) in 1492. Many may not know that he was way off track, couldn’t be much further in fact. He was aiming at the “spice islands” on the Malabar west coast
Going to see what Columbus missed…. Read More »
