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By Hole Ousia Posted on May 21, 2019February 18, 2023

The matoke eaters

When I worked in Kampala I was fed by local families. They were ever so kind to me. Every day we eat matoke (green bananas) – it was delicious. This … Continue reading The matoke eaters

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By Hole Ousia Posted on May 21, 2019February 18, 2023

Serotonin and gut motility (1963)

This letter to the BMJ from December 1963 interested me. I worked in Kampala, Uganda between 1989 and 1990 and experienced the green banana diet.

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By Hole Ousia Posted on May 20, 2019February 18, 2023

“Doctors gamble on a cure”

In recent posts I have shared some of what I have come across in the British Newspaper Archive in relation to a search on the word “serotonin”. I have found … Continue reading “Doctors gamble on a cure”

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