Rift Valley Fever

A British Vet in Africa

Hugh Cran (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

352 Seiten

2024
Merlin Unwin Books (Verlag)
978-1-913159-68-9 (ISBN)

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Trained as a vet in Edinburgh, Hugh Cran moved to Kenya and spent the next 50 years at the sharp end, treating cattle of Maasai herdsmen, wild animals, horses and pets of ex-pats and the military, government and everyone in-between. Travelling miles on rough roads, performing impromptu surgery by torchlight, this is Hugh’s colourful adventure.

Trained as a vet in Edinburgh, Hugh Cran set off to Kenya and spent the next 50 years at the sharp end, treating cattle of Maasai herdsmen, wild animals, horses and pets of ex-pats and the military, the government and everyone in-between. Travelling miles on rough roads, performing impromptu surgery by torchlight and with dirty water, Hugh fell in love with the chaotic life and the colourful people he worked for, from dawn to dusk, seven days a week.

Hugh Cran qualified as a veterinary surgeon in Edinburgh in the early 1960s. In search of adventure and more sunshine than Aberdeen could offer, he answered a small ad. in 1966 to work in a rural practice in Kenya. As well as working as a general vet in Nakuru, he kept diaries, and explored the wild mountains of Kenya. After a colourful and exhausting 50-year career in Africa he has just returned to the UK and now lives in Castle Cary, Somerset with his wife Berna.

1. 29th October 1991 Road Rage

2. Gin and Gonads

3. Brain Drain

4. Chaos up the Colon

5. Idiocy on the Aberdares

6. A Bang on the Head

7. Trouble at Mill

8. Buffalo and Bhang

9. Madness and Malaria

10. Seeing Spots

11. Debts and Dancing

12. A Picnic with the Pokot

13. Death of Dampness

14. Dutch Courage

15. ‘While timorous knowledge stands considering, audacious ignorance hath done the deed’

16. Northern Excursions

17. A Stroll in Samburu-land

18. Open Wide

19. A Trip to the Coast

20. La Luta Continua

21. A Slip and a Sting

22. Wedding Bells

23. Brain and Brawn

24. A Little Bit of this. A Little Bit of That

25. ‘And Nicanor Lay Dead In His Harness’

26. Romping with the Rendille

Erscheinungsdatum	12.09.2023
Zusatzinfo	34 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Shropshire
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	476 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Veterinärmedizin
ISBN-10	1-913159-68-X / 191315968X
ISBN-13	978-1-913159-68-9 / 9781913159689
Zustand	Neuware