Papers

Below are a selection of papers written by Allister Vale and John Scadding that have been published in medical journals on Churchill’s illnesses. Please select a paper below to view the full text, where available.

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Did Sir Winston Churchill suffer from the 'black dog?'

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2018; 111: 394-406

Sir Winston Churchill: cerebrovascular disease January 1950 - March 1952

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2018; 111:444-452

Winston Churchill's acute stroke in June 1953

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2018; 111:347-358

Sir Winston Churchill: recovery from an acute stroke in June 1953 and triumph at the Conservative party Conference in October 1953

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2019; 112:61-71

Sir Winston Churchill: cerebrovascular disease January 1950 - March 1952

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2019; 112:226-235

Winston Churchill: a left hemisphere stroke or possible focal seizure on 28 October 1956

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2019;112:185-192

Winston Churchill: two mild left hemisphere strokes, finger gangrene and syncope in 1959

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2019;112 (7):278-291

Winston Churcill: Acute appendicitis in October 1992 ('I had lost not only my appendix but my office as Secretary of State')

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2019;112(8):341-348

Sir Winston Churchill KG: hip fracture in Monte Carlo ('Remember, I want to die in England) on 28 June 1962, femeroal vein thrombosis and jaundice in London'

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2019;112(3):96-108

Sir Winston Churchill: fracture of fith thoracic vertebra and a stroke following a fall on 15 November 1960

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2019;112(9):378-393

Sir Winston Churchill: pneumonia, pleurisy, jaundice and atrial fibrillation at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin and Chartwell, 1958

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2019;112(1):11-21

Winston Churchill: inguinal hernia repair on 11 June 1947

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2019;112(4):140-152

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Sir Winston Churchill: treatment for pneumonia in 1943 and 1944

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 2017;47:388-394

In Carthage ruins: the illness of Sir Winston Churchill at Carthage, December 1943

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 2017;47:288-295

Journal of Medical Biography

Winston Churchill (1874-1965), Dr Robson Roose, MD Brux, FRCPE (1848-1905) and Dr Joseph Rutter, MD Lond, MRCP (1834-1913): Treatment for pneumonia in March 1886

Journal of Medical Biography 2018;0(0):1-8