Jeremy Swan and the pulmonary artery catheter | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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Dr Harold James Charles “Jeremy” Swan was born in the small town of Sligo, Ireland, on 1 June 1922. He was the son of two Catholic doctors in a family of four brothers. 

As a young boy he attended St. Vincent College in Dublin, where his education was interrupted when he lapsed into a coma after being diagnosed with meningitis, a commonly fatal disease in the days before penicillin. 

His life was saved when his mother provided him with sulfa drugs, the only antibiotic available in that era. He made a full recovery and excelled not only as a scholar but also as a middleweight boxer.

Swan completed his medical training at St. Thomas’s Hospital Medical School at the University of London. After graduation he worked for 6 months as a casualty surgeon before joining the Royal Air Force. 

He spent 2 years with the military serving as a medical director,...