Doctor Under Fire: The Extraordinary 75 Year Career of Dr William Frankland
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Over the course of his 106 years, Doctor William Frankland has experienced more than most. He served with the Royal Medical Corps during World War Two, spending more than three years as a prisoner of war of the Japanese following the fall of Singapore. After the war, his medical career focused on the understanding and treatment of allergies.
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