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Tag: Kampala

By Hole Ousia Posted on November 11, 2021November 25, 2024

Overcame his fear to work selflessly for the ill

Donald was a man with a vision for holistic health care with a tireless energy and a passionate love for the African people. Donald Brownlie was raised in his family home “the Laurels” … Continue reading Overcame his fear to work selflessly for the ill

Categories: Folk worth talking about, History of medicineTags: folk worth talking about, Kampala
By Hole Ousia Posted on December 30, 2020November 27, 2024

‘SCOTUS’

John Gibson Scott, my uncle, was known to his fellow university students as ‘SCOTUS’. My uncle died on 7th May 2012. He was a man not without flaws [who is … Continue reading ‘SCOTUS’

Categories: Family history, Omphalos films, ScotlandTags: Argyll, John Gibson Scott, Kampala, Omphalos films, Stronmilchan, Tower of Glenstrae
By Hole Ousia Posted on May 21, 2019December 3, 2024

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

Categories: British Medical Journal, History of medicineTags: Kampala, medical student, serotonin, serotonin theory
By Hole Ousia Posted on May 21, 2019December 3, 2024

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.

Categories: British Medical Journal, History of medicine, Medical Education, PsychiatryTags: British Medical Journal, chemical imbalance theory, Kampala, medical student, serotonin, serotonin theory
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