Richardson, Robert Galloway

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RICHARDSON, Robert Galloway

RICHARDSON, Robert Galloway. British, b. 1926. Genres: History, Medicine/Health. Career: Consultant medical ed. and freelance writer. Ed., Spectrum International, 1974-97. Consultant Ed., International Medicine, 1979-97. Medical Officer, Eaton Hall Officer Cadet School, Chester, 1952- 54; Medical Ed., Butterworths Medical Publs., 1955-63; Assistant Ed., Medical News, 1963-67; Ed., Abbottempo, 1967-72; Consultant Ed., Intake, 1970- 80, Info, 1974-80, and Cardiovascular Focus, 1981-91. Publications: The Surgeon's Tale: The Story of Modern Surgery, 1958; Surgery: Old and New Frontiers, 1968; The Surgeon's Heart: A History of Cardiac Surgery, 1969; The Scalpel and the Heart, 1970, rev. ed. as Heart and Scalpel, 2001; (ed.) The Second World Conference on Smoking and Health, 1972; The Menopause: A Neglected Crisis, 1973; The Abominable Stoma: A Historical Survey of the Artificial Anus, 1973; The Hairs of Your Head Are Numbered, 1974; Larrey: Surgeon to Napoleon's Imperial Guard, 1974, rev. ed., 2000; Blood: A Very Special Juice, 1975; Nurse Sarah Anne: With Florence Nightingale at Scutari, 1977; Medicine through the Ages with Dr Baldassare, 1999. Editor of conference proceedings. Address: Apple Tree Cottage, French St, near Westerham, Kent TN16 1PW, England.

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