Former gynaecologist London (b 1916; q London 1948; FRCGP), d 17 September 2004.
Kittie, as she was known, first trained and practised as a chiropodist. Her first husband was killed in action in 1942 and as a widow with one son she studied medicine. On qualifying she began work as a general practitioner in north London. Within months she began to realise that certain symptoms of her women patients came and went with their menstrual cycles—the beginning of her lifelong interest in what she later called the premenstrual syndrome (PMS). In 1957 she was invited to run the world's first PMS clinic at University College Hospital, London, which she continued for over 40 years. Predeceased by her second husband, Tom, she leaves four children and five grandchildren.
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