QJM Advance Access originally published online on March 31, 2009
QJM 2009 102(11):827-828; doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcp034
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Oh no—it's Donald Hunter!
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Once upon a time the MRCP (London) was divided, like Gaul, into three parts: the compulsory essay questions and clinicals; the path viva (not confined to pathology); and the final viva before the President, Censors and senior examiners. Each step weeded out the majority, leaving a very nervous
10% for the final ordeal. And in the path viva there was the risk of meeting Donald Hunter. I only saw him once, as a student, when he came to give an invited lecture at our medical school; he was a big man and spoke impressively on the history of occupational diseases. His book on the subject became