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Audiobooks Narrated by Andrew Whitelaw
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"Robert Whitelaw (1913-1999) served on H.M.S. Cygnet escorting convoys to Murmansk 1944-45. After the war, he trained and then worked as a specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology but retained his respect for seafarers and his love of ships. His career in the Merchant Navy started as ship´s surgeon on R.M.S. Carnarvon Castle taking passengers to South Africa. He subsequently voyaged to North and South America, the Caribbean, Australia and Japan. On such voyages, the ship could be several days from the nearest port and a doctor was essential for the care the passengers. This book describes some of the fascinating challenges he tackled included psychiatric crises, broken limbs, life-threatening bleeding, skull fractures, pneumonia and heart attack. The cast of characters he met included the Tristan da Cunha islanders and an internationally famous singer. Before the arrival of jet airliners. elegant ocean liners were the main method by which passengers travelled between continents, a bygone era."
"Andrew Whitelaw is Emeritus Professor of Neonatal Medicine in the University of Bristol. At the age of seven he was shocked to meet a girl his own age who could not walk or talk because of severe cerebral palsy. He tells, from his own experience, how it became possible to investigate and image the brain of newborn babies, to understand the different ways that babies brains can be damaged and to develop treatments to prevent injury or help the brain to recover. He describes how many dedicated colleagues persevered with research despite setbacks and failures. "
"Andrew´s post-war childhood in Scotland. His parents met during the second world war, his father being lucky to survive as his warship was the only one of its class to survive the Arctic convoys to Russia. Andrew´s primary school (in the Kingdom of Fife) maintained discipline with ”six of the best” from a heavy leather belt but the children proudly learned Scotland´s history and culture. His grammar school journey took him over the Forth Rail Bridge to Edinburgh every day. Initial enthusiasm for model planes, starting fires and blowing up derelict buildings with fireworks was replaced by kissing girls and playing electric guitar in two bands and bagpipes in a third. An English teacher ignited a love of poetry and prose that led on to acting, drama and writing. "
