2015.08.07 Bill Frankland博士 医生

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Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Dr Bill Frankland.

Frequently referred to as the "grandfather of allergy", his achievements include the introduction of the pollen count to the British public and the prediction of increased levels of allergy to penicillin.

Born in Cumbria in 1912, Dr Frankland turned 103 in March. He studied medicine at Oxford and worked at St Mary's hospital in Paddington, London, before war intervened. He signed up to the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), but spent over three of the six years he spent in the army as a prisoner of war in Singapore.

After the war, he began work in the dermatology department at St Mary's, but quickly switched to allergy which became his passion. During the fifties he served as a registrar to Alexander Fleming who had discovered penicillin back in 1928. In 1954 he published a seminal research paper about a double-blind randomised trial proving that pre-season pollen injections greatly reduced the symptoms of hay fever sufferers.

He has treated high profile patients including Saddam Hussein and given evidence in court - possibly the oldest expert witness to do so. He continues to work in a private practice and has remarked, "I really don't know what people do when they retire at 65.".



Bill Frankland博士

他经常被称为 "过敏症的祖父"，他的成就包括向英国公众介绍花粉计数和预测对青霉素过敏的程度增加。

弗兰克兰博士1912年出生于坎布里亚，今年3月已经103岁。他在牛津大学学习医学，并在伦敦帕丁顿的圣玛丽医院工作，后来战争介入。他报名参加了皇家陆军医疗队（RAMC），但在他参军的六年中，有三年多时间是在新加坡当战俘。

战后，他开始在圣玛丽医院的皮肤科工作，但很快就转到了过敏科，这成为他的爱好。在50年代，他担任了亚历山大-弗莱明的注册医师，后者早在1928年就发现了青霉素。1954年，他发表了一篇关于双盲随机试验的开创性研究论文，证明季节前的花粉注射可以大大减少花粉症患者的症状。

他曾治疗过包括萨达姆-侯赛因在内的高知名度的病人，并在法庭上提供证据--可能是最古老的专家证人。他继续在私人诊所工作，并说："我真的不知道人们在65岁退休后会做什么"。