Aaron Rosenberg

bmj;395/oct01_5/e100886/F1F1f1Aaron Rosenberg was born in Dublin in 1935. He qualified in medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1959 and then held early junior hospital posts in Slough, Ashton-under-Lyne (now Tameside), and Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport. He subsequently undertook a year’s GP training in Reading before working in general practice in London, Richmond, and north Manchester.He then moved to a psychiatric post at Billinge Hospital in Wigan. In May 1970 he joined Prestwich Hospital in Manchester, working initially on long stay and later more acute wards before becoming associate specialist in psychogeriatrics, a post he held until retirement. He also carried responsibility for patients at Peel Hall, a stately home under the same hospital authority, and continued to run electroconvulsive therapy and lithium clinics on demand after he retired.Aaron was among the last physicians to have practised during the era of the large asylum system and...