Out of Africa: A Medical Circle

Dr. Rilling is in need of a change. His work has become routine and unexciting; boredom and restlessness have taken over.Following his interest in the work f his father and Henry Stanley, Dr. Rilling begins a year’s sabbatical in Africa, a time which will alter his life. The primitive lives of the pygmy people fascinated Stanley then, and now lure Rilling toward change.The AIDS epidemic has taken a strong hold on Africa and decimated much of the native population. With the assistance of his wife and various friends he meets in Africa, the doctor finds a unique pygmy immunity that leads the doctor and his associates to a vaccine that prevents progression of HIV to AIDS.Out of Africa – A Medical Circle, George V. Mann’s new novel, is a beautiful work of realization. Readers will find themselves entranced as they witness Dr. Rilling’s discoveries – about himself, his marriage, the beauty of life, and what it means to be a useful human being.