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. 2004 Nov 27;329(7477):1291.

David William Phillip Thomas

Margaret Thomas
PMCID: PMC534497

Former general practitioner Cardiff (b London 1930; q Cambridge/St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, 1956), died from motor neurone disease on 26 December 2003.

David did his national service in the Royal Artillery before going up to Cambridge. After house jobs and various locum jobs he travelled widely, as well as working in Africa and as a ship's surgeon in the merchant navy. He joined the practice in Cardiff where he had been one of the first trainees, staying there until he retired. For many years he was a clinical assistant at the University Hospital of Wales and a medical officer to the Civil Service Advisory Service. He leaves a wife, Margaret, and two children.

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