Ramsay's Response To Beard/McEvedy.

When William Beard and Colin McEvedy had their ‘Reconsideration’ paper published in the 3rd January edition of the British Medical Journal, it’s fair to say that it ruffled a few feathers. One of the senior doctors at the RFH wrote to the Sunday Times (the only national UK newspaper to publish a story on ‘Reconsideration’) to disagree with the verdict reached. A number of letters were also sent to the BMJ.

Melvin Ramsay wrote a response soon after ‘Reconsideration’ for the Royal Free Hospital Journal. This is it…