Day 034 - 11 Oct 94 - Page 60
1 A. What I would say -----
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3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Listen to the question first?
4 A. The answer is, no.
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6 Q. Then if you want to modify your answer, please take the
7 opportunity to do so.
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9 MR. RAMPTON: You do not think you have ever said anything like
10 that?
11 A. I would be glad to describe what I would say about
12 that.
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14 Q. Please do so.
15 A. By age 60 in the United States and similar statistics
16 apply in Western countries, about 25 per cent of men are
17 impotent. By that I mean they are unable to sustain an
18 erection. The researchers have hastened to look into what
19 they may regard as a public health menace and have found
20 that atherosclerotic blockages in the relevant arteries
21 are responsible for a great many cases of impotence in
22 men. However, there are other cases as well; medication
23 and diabetes contribute. So the 25 per cent figure would
24 be the prevalence of impotence in men at age 60, not the
25 number that is caused by eating meat.
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27 Q. If I have understand you correctly, what you might now be
28 saying is that atherosclerosis might make a contribution
29 to impotence?
30 A. The medical literature clearly does describe that in
31 great detail, yes.
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33 Q. It is pretty obvious it is a mechanism, is it not?
34 A. Yes.
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36 Q. Considering an erect penis depends upon blood supply, it
37 is pretty obvious, is it not?
38 A. It is yes.
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40 Q. There are other causes of impotence such as, for example,
41 psychological causes?
42 A. There are.
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44 Q. Socio-psychological causes which have no connection with
45 eating meat at all?
46 A. Psychological factors can contribute to sexual
47 functions.
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49 Q. Yes, indeed. Do you regard any part of this book as being
50 scientifically or medically controversial?
51 A. Not specifically.
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53 Q. You do not.
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55 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Mr. Rampton, if you are going to put parts
56 of this, I suggest we have our break for five minutes now.
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58 (Short Adjournment)
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60 MR. MORRIS: May we just ask, is it possible for the witness to
