Beyond Thalidomide - Birth Defects Explained

This book will appeal to the student of medical history and would be of interest to those entering general practice to obtain some insight into how their specialty evolved in modern times. The book is well written and scholarly and gives the reader a real sense of the evolutionary processes affecting general practice in the mid twentieth century with the foundation of the College of General Practitioners, the emergence of departments of General Practice in medical schools and the establishment of a programme for doctors in training. Tracing Fry’s career one gets a glimpse of health care pre NHS, the establishment of the NHS and its impact on practice and the mysteries of the GP contract.