29Sydney 1962
Kruger had been accurate in his assessment of the local general practitioner, Dr Peter Mathers. He had four children under six, and was looking for a job with decent hours and pay. He was not interested in the endless stream of patients with coughs and sniffles, or the out-of-hours calls to children with tonsillitis or acute appendicitis. He had, at one time, contemplated study as a physician, but the rapidity with which his family had grown had forced him to think again. While it was true that he was likely to replace an endless queue of coughs and colds with a procession of coughs and wheezes, the job as Henry King’s medical officer gave him the chance to do research, gain expertise in the developing field of occupational medicine, travel the world, and pay for his childre
