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I'm a practising anaesthetist/ anesthesiologist and a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. I also have an Honours degree in Anatomical Science.

My professional interests are obstetric anaesthesia, comparative vertebrate anatomy, the history of medicine and medical education. I have contributed to two popular anaesthetic handbooks, and occasionally write about other things. Sometimes people even read it. Medical students within earshot are liable to be taught useful things without mercy until they faint from dehydration.

I am the founder of the ineffectual Society for the Simplification of Ludicrous Drug Names (see below), as well as an enthusiastic subscriber to the Royal College of Pedants, where the sign on the booth reads "I am he through whom enquiry may be made".

I never drink cheap whisky, being especially fond of the Islay malts. I play the guitar with extraordinary clumsiness. I drive a 2-seater convertible sports car and believe this makes me appear both cool and unconventional. I read voraciously, although I am not clever enough to understand many of the works of Umberto Eco with the exception of The Name of the Rose. I try to maintain interests and friends outwith the field of medicine. I am a believer in the Gaia hypothesis. I am unduly fond of Battenburg cake. My favourite film is The Fifth Element. Elephants are my second-favourite mammals. Tuataras are, without doubt, the most interesting reptiles in existence.

I adore classic computer games, and have great nostalgia for the BBC Micro and Amiga.

I originally come from Scotland, and have worked in New Zealand and France. I regularly give my professional services free to a charity group. I have two children, from whom I learn a lot.

My username comes from the character Preacher in the excellent game The Chaos Engine. I don't look like him (although I occasionally dress like him), and I am only a little bit perverse. God is, however, unequivocally on my side. Really.

British Spellings!

I make no apology for using British spellings (anaesthesia, dentine, haemoglobin, oesophagus, sulphur) and form of language. I don't change the spellings of those who use American spellings (anesthesia, dentin, hemoglobin, esophagus, sulfur) because I respect the use of those spellings. However, when people "correct" my spellings to the American ones it is infuriating.

Articles I have started from scratch:


Articles I have made significant contributions to:



Ludicrous Drug Names:

Drug names! Is it too much to ask that a drug name be chosen such that it is possible to pronounce it with the human larynx?? Check out these dreadful clunkers:

It is possible to choose names for new drugs which are pronouncable, even verging on the mellifluous, such as:

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