John Crofton
b 1912, professor of respiratory diseases and tuberculosis, Edinburgh
Edinburgh, 09/04/96
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Edinburgh, 09/04/96 | |
Sassenachs often find it difficult to penetrate into Scottish society, particularly the closed circles of its capital. John Crofton found no difficulty: coming from the Brompton Hospital, where after war service in the Royal Army Medical Corps he had specialised in tuberculosis, he became a highly regarded professor of respiratory diseases and later dean of the medical faculty and president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. As well as fighting tuberculosis he has fought cigarette smoking nationally and internationally. |