Roy M. Humble was born at Bellfield, Dumbarton, on the West coast of Scotland, in 1930. He qualified in Medicine at the University of Glasgow in 1953 and after 2 years of compulsory Army service in the Middle East spent his early years as a family physician in East and Central Africa. After completing his training in anaesthesia in England he worked as a Consultant Anaesthetist at Dumfries before emigrating to Canada with his wife Betty and their four children. Combining clinical and teaching duties in Edmonton, Alberta with an increasing interest in the history of medicine and anaesthesia, he published and lectured in both these fields, finding time also for volunteer work as a competitive figure skating judge.

In 1995 he published "The Voice of the Hills", the remarkable story of his uncle, Ben Humble, MBE, who overcame total deafness to become a leading pioneer of mountain rescue in Scotland. Click HERE for more information on Ben Humble. 

Roy's peripatetic and varied career led him across three continents. Following the success of "The Voice of the Hills" he has now combined a series of fascinating and often highly amusing short stories into a new work, a searching behind the scenes account of life in a specialty he never intended to enter.

 'WHILE YOU SLEEP - A personal journey in anaesthesia'
Early comments by readers have included the following: a fabulous book, beautifully written and with wonderful stories; a masterly manuscript; thoroughly enjoyed it; a lot of thought has gone into it as well as a fund of very amusing stories.

This new work will be published early in 2011 by Melrose Books, St Thomas' Place, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB7 4GG at a cost of 11.99 stg. It may be pre-ordered through the publisher's website www.melrosebooks.com or through Amazon at www.amazon.co.uk. Alternatively if you wish to be notified when the book becomes available please send a note of both your postal and e mail address to royhumble@shaw.ca.