| Description Of Item | Merrick mentions that Martin Eastwood had already conducted an interview with Strong in 1995 and he did not intend to cover the same subjects.
Side 1 - training in radiology at Trinity College, Dublin [Ireland]; experience with radiology at Gloucester Royal Infirmary; use of radioisotopes in endocrinology; x ray facilities when a ship's doctor and at the British Military Hospital in Calcutta; war time experience in India; anti-malarial treatments; field ambulances.
Side 2 - membership examinations in India; residency at Fulham Hospital; side room testing; radiology; training at various London [England] hospitals for membership which he sat in March 1946 on the advice of Gordon Holmes; details cases he had to describe for his examination; worked at West London Hospital as most senior non-consultant; use of BMRs and radio-iodine; divide between consultants private and public work such as Redvers Ironside; appointments as assistant then senior lecturer in Edinburgh [Scotland]; administration of hospitals in Edinburgh [Scotland] before and after the NHS [National Health Service]; staffing of the Western General Hospital and preference for non-Edinburgh graduates of Stanley Davidson; types of cases seen at Northern General Hospital
Side 3 - diagnostic use of iodine and sodium 23; endoscopes; thyroid course at Amersham; Hunter Carmichael; range of diagnostic techniques in 1950s; Department of Clinical Chemistry at the Northern General (26 minutes); radioimmunoassay
Side 4 - development of in vitro techniques such as radioimmunoassay in late 1950s and early 1960s; gathering samples for analysis including at Carstairs; first rectilinear scanner and CAT or CT scanners at the Western General; failure of treatment with cyclotron and John Mallard; benefits of nuclear medicine; the Black report; whether a general physician still exists |