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How family tragedy turned Roald Dahl into a medical pioneer
After his wife ’s stroke and his daughter’s death from measles, Roald Dahl applied his genius to medicine – making extraordinary breakthroughs. His doctor and friend recalls what he learned while treating the author in the last year of his lifeIn 1990, I was a junior doctor at the John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford. I had finished all my training, and was now starting my first year on the wards.Roald Dahl was one of my patients. I can still remember the night I first met him.It was nearly midnight and the lights were low. I was working away on the ward computer when I became aware of this large figure wandering slowly...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 12, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Tom Solomon Tags: Roald Dahl Books Culture Fiction Medical research Health Source Type: news