On the 22nd of March Sir James Black, the Scottish medical scientist died at the age of 86. He won the Nobel prize for medicine in 1988. He helped develop both beta-blockers and ranitidine. As I doctor I have prescribed beta-blockers on several thousand occasions helping patients with heart problems. As an individual I take ranitidine whenever I have acid reflux. Black also has a building named after him at Glasgow University. I spent a long time in that building as a science undergraduate.
Black has left an indelible mark on medicine.
RIP
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/medicine-obituaries/7507080/Sir-James-Black-OM.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7072983.ece
http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/obituaries/sir-james-black-1.1015395
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/obituaries/Obituary-Sir-James-Black.6174782.jp
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