CHURCHILL, Winston S.] WILSON, Charles (Lord Moran) (1882-1977), Churchill's physician . Typed letter signed ("Charles Wilson"), to John Anderson (1882-1958), 9 July 1942. 1½ pages, 4to, Royal College of Physicians stationery; original autograph envelope . WITH 7-LINE AUTOGRAPH ENDORSEMENT SIGNED ("J.A.") by Anderson at top left.
CHURCHILL, Winston S.] WILSON, Charles (Lord Moran) (1882-1977), Churchill's physician . Typed letter signed ("Charles Wilson"), to John Anderson (1882-1958), 9 July 1942. 1½ pages, 4to, Royal College of Physicians stationery; original autograph envelope . WITH 7-LINE AUTOGRAPH ENDORSEMENT SIGNED ("J.A.") by Anderson at top left. "I SHOULD HAVE TO TELL HIM OF THE CORONARY THROMBOSIS THREAT" After Churchill's return from the heat of Washington D. C., his doctor worries about his plans to visit Cairo. "I saw the P.M. this morning," Moran tells the Chancellor of the Exchequer, "and he said (without my raising the subject) that he was still thinking of undertaking the journey we discussed and that he might set out in a few days. I said I was against it on health grounds, because of the heat. He then said, 'what is wrong with me?' I said he had had a threat of embarrassed circulation and that in view of that, Parkinson and I were against his taking any steps which might throw any additional strain on the circulation..." Moran was Churchill's personal physician from 1940 until his death in 1965. He provoked outrage with his 1966 memoir that discussed Churchill's health and treatment in great detail. Critics objected to both his breach of medical ethics and his penchant for inflating his own role in wartime affairs. John Colville provided the corrective put-down: "Moran was seldom, if ever, present when history was made; but he was quite often invited to dinner afterwards" ( Action this Day , 110).
CHURCHILL, Winston S.] WILSON, Charles (Lord Moran) (1882-1977), Churchill's physician . Typed letter signed ("Charles Wilson"), to John Anderson (1882-1958), 9 July 1942. 1½ pages, 4to, Royal College of Physicians stationery; original autograph envelope . WITH 7-LINE AUTOGRAPH ENDORSEMENT SIGNED ("J.A.") by Anderson at top left.
CHURCHILL, Winston S.] WILSON, Charles (Lord Moran) (1882-1977), Churchill's physician . Typed letter signed ("Charles Wilson"), to John Anderson (1882-1958), 9 July 1942. 1½ pages, 4to, Royal College of Physicians stationery; original autograph envelope . WITH 7-LINE AUTOGRAPH ENDORSEMENT SIGNED ("J.A.") by Anderson at top left. "I SHOULD HAVE TO TELL HIM OF THE CORONARY THROMBOSIS THREAT" After Churchill's return from the heat of Washington D. C., his doctor worries about his plans to visit Cairo. "I saw the P.M. this morning," Moran tells the Chancellor of the Exchequer, "and he said (without my raising the subject) that he was still thinking of undertaking the journey we discussed and that he might set out in a few days. I said I was against it on health grounds, because of the heat. He then said, 'what is wrong with me?' I said he had had a threat of embarrassed circulation and that in view of that, Parkinson and I were against his taking any steps which might throw any additional strain on the circulation..." Moran was Churchill's personal physician from 1940 until his death in 1965. He provoked outrage with his 1966 memoir that discussed Churchill's health and treatment in great detail. Critics objected to both his breach of medical ethics and his penchant for inflating his own role in wartime affairs. John Colville provided the corrective put-down: "Moran was seldom, if ever, present when history was made; but he was quite often invited to dinner afterwards" ( Action this Day , 110).
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