Against the Tide - Noël Browne Memorabilia Autobiography of Dr Robert Collis

Autobiography of Dr Robert Collis

Reminiscences of the Dublin Biological Club

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A social history of the ways in which the Irish have experienced disease

This honest and emotive autobiography tells the story of Noël Browne's controversial public career and the private pain and deprivation suffered in consequence of an unbending personal integrity

Against the Tide - Noël Browne Memorabilia Autobiography of Dr Robert CollisThis honest and emotive autobiography tells the story of Nol Browne's controversial public career and the private pain and deprivation suffered in consequence of an unbending personal integrity. For nearly forty years, Nol Browne's name was synonymous with political controversy. His career is dominated in popular memory by a single event the Mother and Child Scheme of 1951. Yet his most outstanding achievement the virtual eradication of tuberculosis