RT Book, Section A1 Murtagh, John A1 Rosenblatt, Jill A1 Coleman, Justin A1 Murtagh, Clare SR Print(0) ID 1157729579 T1 Foreword T2 Murtagh's General Practice, 7e YR 2018 FD 2018 PB McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PP Sydney, Australia SN 9781760422295 LK murtagh.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1157729579 RD 2024/03/28 AB In 1960 a young schoolmaster, then teaching biology and chemistry in a secondary school in rural Victoria, decided to become a country doctor. He was part of the first intake of students into the Medical School of the newly established Monash University, and at the end of his six-year undergraduate medical course and subsequent intern and resident appointments his resolve to practise community medicine remained firm. After more than a decade in country practice with his life partner, Dr Jill Rosenblatt, during which he meticulously documented the cases he treated, in 1977 John Murtagh took up an academic position in the new Department of General Practice at Monash University. He subsequently moved through the ranks of Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor and Professor, now enjoying the title of Emeritus Professor.