TY - JOUR T1 - One of my heroes: Joe Porter JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 813 LP - 813 DO - 10.3399/bjgp08X342741 VL - 58 IS - 556 AU - Stanley Jeffs Y1 - 2008/11/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/58/556/813.abstract N2 - His transport as a medical officer in the first world war was a horse — in old age it was a fast car. As one of the eight doctors in Levenshulme in 1955 — four single handed and two partnerships of two, I remember it well. Our administrative body was called the Executive Council and Joe was their nightmare. He rarely replied to official correspondence and was repeatedly fined for not fulfilling his statutory obligations. He even failed to notify his acceptance of new patients — and was never paid for looking after them.But his patients loved him — despite his wife!Joe lived and practised in a semi-detached Victorian house. His surgery was in the cellar approached down a slope at the side of the house. Unfortunately, Joe's … ER -