At the age of three years (left) riding a
tricycle that was always described as a
present from 'Grandada Joshua', even
though
Joshua Selman-Troytt had
been deceased for twenty-two years by
the time Jeremy was born.
By a remarkable and unpleasant twist
of fate, Jeremy was riding the very
same tricycle on the day of his death
forty-five years later. Subsequently the
tricycle was rejected by the Selman-
Troytt family, none of whom would
chance to ride it, and was later given to some poor people.
Jeremy at the age of twenty-one
(right), shortly after performing a
haemorrhoidectomy at the request of
his cousin
Jeffrey, who was willing to
trust the young Jeremy when all others
scoffed at him openly. Although the
operation was not a success, and his
cousin was never able to sit again,
Jeremy was always grateful for the
boost it gave to his confidence and later
wrote that it had provided the impetus
for further research and practice.