Obituaries
Joseph Masters Holmes
BMJ 2020; 371 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m4079 (Published 23 October 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;371:m4079
- Joseph Masters Holmes
Joseph Masters Holmes enjoyed a life of athletics and rugby football at Whitgift School. Academic studies were encouraged by his father, John Holmes OBE, who introduced compulsory pasteurisation of milk to Great Britain.
He was a medical student at Guy’s Hospital and witnessed the care and surgical treatment of many victims of the London bombing. Soon after qualifying in the Royal Army Medical Corps he was posted to North Africa for two years and became RMO to the 13/18th Royal Hussars. …
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