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Vij Sodera was born in India and has lived in England since the age of 4 years. He attended St Clement Danes Grammar School in London, gaining major school prizes for academic achievement and art, and graduated from Sheffield University Medical School in 1975 with distinction in chemistry. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1981.

For 19 years he looked after a Minor Injuries Department in West Sussex and since 1987 he has run his own private Minor Surgery clinic. He is the author of three acclaimed Surgical textbooks, with sales of over 15,000: 'Skin Surgery in General Practice: a diagnostic atlas`, 'Minor Surgery in Practice`, and 'Illustrated Handbook of Minor Surgery and Operative Technique`, all of which are extensively illustrated with his own photographs and drawings. He also regularly publishes articles in national medical magazines on surgery in general practice and on minor injuries.

The author has always had a special love of animals and is an accomplished wildlife artist, having exhibited and sold many of his paintings. A number of his paintings are featured in this book and are also on view in his consulting rooms.

His other interests include music. He plays guitar and writes his own songs, and with his band Infinite Radius, he has just produced his first album on CD.

Vij Sodera is currently working on two new textbooks on surgery and minor injuries, and is planning a television series based on 'One Small Speck'.

He lives on the south coast of England with his wife and two daughters, who all share his love of wildlife.

Dr Vij Sodera with a monitor lizard

Dr Vij Sodera FRCS

Although he was taught evolution at school and university, Vij Sodera has always been concerned that the theory is based on the most tenuous and unconvincing foundations, and this book is the result of 14 years' rigorous exploration of the scientific evidence. His natural history studies have taken him to East Africa, Canada and Iceland where he has photographed diverse wildlife. Along with the anatomical dissections and most of the photographs, all the artwork and diagrams in this book are his own work.