Radcliffe Infirmary

Fiction by Daisy Hildyard: For the first time, Gabriel accepted that this privilege was in his possession. He had taken his place at the table.

Other lives: NHS physiotherapist who later used her skills to develop programmes for people with severe disabilities in Kathmandu

Albert Alexander was dying. World War II was raging, and this police officer of the county of Oxford, England, had developed a severe case of sepsis after a cut on his face became badly infected. His blood was now teeming with deadly bacteria. According to his physician, Charles Fletcher, Alexander ...

Biochemist who used magnetic resonance spectroscopy to show the state of muscles and organs