Breath Deep
The greatest medical mind with whom I’ve dined was Sir David Jack (1924 - 2011), the Scot who invented Ventolin, Zantac, Zofran, Becotide and much else besides. I expected a self-absorbed mad genius who’d talk about nothing but his discoveries. What I got was a irrepressibly charming fellow who talked about nothing but the incidence of the surname Oliver in Scotland. Here are just three of his discoveries.