Word: rowbotham
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...expertly staffed General Hospital in Newcastle, five miles away, she was given 48 hours to live. Then, as Ellen Moore kept on fighting for her life, George Frederick Rowbotham, one of Britain's most noted brain specialists, took charge. He had no hope of saving her unborn child, but he hoped to save her life. As his patient's temperature began to rise dangerously, he had her swathed in bags of ice and dosed her with drugs. Her temperature fell to 85°, where it was kept off and on for weeks...