- Matthew Down, consultant in anaesthesia, Department of Anaesthesia, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland SR4 7TP, UK
- downmattp{at}yahoo.co.uk
Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was the greatest British statesman of the past century, and perhaps of any century. Yet in the popular imagination he has become little more than a stereotype. Lord Moran’s book is remarkable in that it is an intimate portrayal of the doctor-patient relationship, except that the patient happens to be Churchill himself, and the picture that emerges is anything but stereotypical.
In May 1940, when Moran was plain Sir Charles Wilson, the author took on the guardianship of Churchill’s health. From the ensuing 25 years a book emerged that is a biography, an autobiography, and …
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