Adam Lothian Turnbull

After qualifying in 1947 he became house physician to the medical unit, directed by Clifford Wilson, which included responsibility for the rheumatology beds under Will Tegner and out of hours cover for the clinical laboratories. [...]Adam also developed interests in the work of other departments, such as the blood changes associated with inflammatory arthritis and Felty's syndrome with the department of rheumatology, and iron overload associated with porphyria cutanea tarda with the skin department. With successive NHS reorganisations he served as a member of the Essex Area Health Authority, then as the district management team's chairman, and of the Tower Hamlets District Health Authority.