Rift Valley Fever
A British Vet in Africa
Published on 3. April 2025
352 pages
978-1-913159-87-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
34 Illustrations, black and white
File size
2,04 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-913159-87-0 (9781913159870)
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Person
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.
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.
Content
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
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
