TY - JOUR T1 - Books: <em>100 Notable Names from General Practice</em> JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 401 LP - 401 DO - 10.3399/bjgp19X704897 VL - 69 IS - 685 AU - Christopher Derrett Y1 - 2019/08/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/69/685/401.abstract N2 - Neil Metcalfe CRC Press, 2018, PB, 334pp, £49.99, 978-1498751988This book is a compilation of 100 short biographies illustrated with portraits (20 colour and 80 black &amp; white illustrations) of many of the subjects.A few of the authors are professional historians but many are medical students. Consequently, the standard of writing and historical scholarship is variable. Arguably, the book would have benefited from tighter editing.The text is arranged in four chronological sections and each is introduced by a helpful preface. The sections break down like … ER -