EDITORIAL
DR A J Robertson: an appreciation
Dr A John Robertson (1919–2006): an appreciation
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Professor A Seaton
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK;a.seaton@abdn.ac.uk
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John Robertson was the second medical editor of Thorax, succeeding Guy Scadding in 1960 and serving in this role until 1970. It was my good fortune to learn clinical medicine on his firm at Liverpool Royal Infirmary in 1959/60 and later to work as his house physician and registrar. In those days, when many consultants still regarded themselves as "honoraries" and attended their NHS sessions only occasionally, he was a beacon of conscientiousness both in his clinical work and his teaching, and was a role model for generations of students and junior colleagues.
After graduation from Liverpool and wartime service in the RAMC, he spent time at Ann Arbor where he demonstrated the efficacy of the medical management of bronchiectasis, exciting controversy with some distinguished thoracic surgeons. An early example of his doggedness in pursuing the answer to questions was his discovery of
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