Fun bits from doctors’ obituaries
by Caroline Richmond, medical obituarist, London, U.K.
drawings by Nan Swift, Improbable Research staffPeter Robson
I doubt I will ever see another obit as outspoken as this:
Consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist South Tyneside Hospital 1992-2000 (b Rushden, Northamptonshire, 1946; q Newcastle upon Tyne 1975; MRCOG), d 28 April 2001….Most people who knew Peter described him as hotheaded and ruthless. They were not far wrong. He always spoke his mind; furthermore, he did it first and he did it loudly. He leaves a wife, Sharon, and three children.
[From the obituary by Dr. Raj Naik and Sharon Robson, published in BMJ, vol. 323, 2001, p. 811.]
(That’s an excerpt from the article “Medical End Notes,” by Caroline Richmond, published in AIR 14:5.)