John Dee's Almanac
The analytical journal of an applied statistician and former NHS head of department (clinical audit) with experience in assessment of protocols, diagnostics and treatments
I’m a former allied health professional and NHS head of department for clinical audit at a busy teaching hospital, with specialism in assessment of clinical outcomes for cardiac surgery, cardiology and cardiac anaesthesia. Before this I headed a statistical modelling section as a G7 UK government scientist working on a wide variety of projects.
My COVID studies kicked-off in April 2020 after I realised the official narrative didn't make sense, so I decided to grab some data and wade in. Since then I have posted +250k words of analytical output on social media and penned a total of 86k words in 17 short notes covering various topics. My support work for HART stands at 20 reports, 84k words, 169 tables and 148 figures. My work continues on Substack, with articles offered on a weekly basis.
Now that we have passed the third anniversary of the first UK lockdown I shall be broadening my research to look beyond the 2020/21 SARS pandemic. My interests lie in cardiovascular conditions, hypertension and the transmission of influenza-like illnesses. A biologist by degree, I’m intrigued by the possibility that electrosmog and space weather might be influencing the health of humans.
Hidden Meanings
As for hidden meanings in the image I have chosen for this article, here’s what Mark Brown, Arts Correspondent for The Guardian, had to say on Sunday 17 January 2016:
Hidden beneath a painting of the enigmatic Tudor polymath John Dee performing an experiment for Elizabeth I is a dark and slightly terrifying secret, research has discovered.
X-ray imaging of the stately Victorian artwork has revealed that Dee was originally surrounded by human skulls before the ghoulish image was painted over, probably because it was too odd for the buyer. But curators of an exhibition opening on Monday believe it sums up the conundrum of Dee: should we remember him as brilliant pioneering scientist, or as an occultist who thought he could talk to angels?
Hidden skulls are quite appropriate, methinks!
Sponsorship
You can support my work by taking out a monthly or annual subscription using the box below. Several folk have asked if they can donate rather than commit to monthly payments, and to this end I have established John Dee’s Better Biscuit Campaign on GoFundMe.