Interview with Peter Gatenby
Transcript of an interview conducted by Dr Susan Mullaney with Professor Peter Gatenby, retired physician.
In the interview Professor Gatenby talked about a number of topics, including:
- his early family life and medical education during the Second World War;
- experience of working in Steevens' Hospital, the Meath Hospital, the Rotunda Hospital, and Baggot Street Hospital, all in Dublin;
- time as a clinical tutor and later a Professor of Medicine for Trinity College Dublin;
- the introduction of penicillin and streptomycin;
- time spent working for the WHO [World Health Organisation] in Delhi, India, in New York, USA, and in Rome, Italy;
- books he wrote on the history of the Trinity Medical School and the Meath Hospital;
- the transplantation of organs;
- fears surrounding the spread of tuberculosis in Dublin;
- interest in anaemia and neurology;
- his wife, children and grandchildren;
- social life
18 March 2013