TY - JOUR AU1 - Barnes, Dame Josephine AB - 574 Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Volume 82 September 1989 Robert James Minnitt are also known to be vulnerable to racial discrimin­ The excellent article by O'Sullivan (April 1989 JRSM, ation, both positive and negative. Can we then learn p 221)on the subject of Robert James Minnitt contains from the Army, Civilian Airway or Civil Service one serious omission. The National Birthday Trust selection boards? The former two have extremely Fund was founded in 1928 and gave a grant to support clearly defined end products. The objectives of their Minnitt in his research. The Trust paid the salary and selection process would therefore be to determine expenses for his assistant. . suitability for the application of skills in military The National Birthday Trust Fund was the first matters and flying. The latter process certainly seems organization to send the Minnitt gas and air to work; the former is very much an unknown machines to hospitals all over the world. They were quantity. In medicine we need to produce a whole also distributed to Nursing Associations and during spectrum of individuals with different temperaments the last war to Emergency Maternity Homes. When adaptable to very different needs of TI - Robert James Minnitt JF - Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine DO - 10.1177/014107688908200936 DA - 1989-09-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/robert-james-minnitt-azgA5Ij1Wj SP - 574 EP - 574 VL - 82 IS - 9 DP - DeepDyve ER -