Arie Jeremy Zuckerman

bmj;386/jul17_12/q1540/FAF1faArie Jeremy Zuckerman had a distinguished career in medicine spanning more than 60 years. He qualified from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in 1957, winning the University of London gold medal in medicine. After house jobs at the Royal Free and Whittington hospitals in London, he was called up for national service with the Royal Air Force in 1959 and rose to the rank of squadron leader. He was subsequently seconded to the Central Public Health Laboratory in Colindale with RAF Hendon next door as his military base. Here he started an epidemiological study of viral hepatitis in the Royal Air Force. He demonstrated that those with jaundice had received injections, and the use of multidose syringes was a significant cause of “serum hepatitis” (hepatitis B). Single use syringes and needles were introduced as a result.He joined the Public Health Laboratory Service as a registrar. He trained in…
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