Sir Geoffrey Marshall (1887-1982): Respiratory physician, catalyst for anaesthesia development, doctor to both Prime Minster and King, and World War I Barge Commander

Journal of Medical Biography

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-14

  Metcalfe, Neil H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; PUBLIC FIGURE; PULMONOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESUSCITATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR;

ANESTHESIA; FAMOUS PERSONS; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; PULMONARY MEDICINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESUSCITATION; WORLD WAR I; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 79961011535     PISSN: 09677720     EISSN: 17581087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jmb.2010.010019     Document Type: Article

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