The following is a reproduction of a letter to the Editor of the British Medical Journal published in 1980 (in the Stubbies era):
SIR,Minerva (1 December, p 1446) in reviewing the Graduate’s Travel Guide by John Borrie of Otago University says, “Surely there must be at least one interesting person in New Zealand.”There is.I am he.JOHN G MALCOMSONAuckland, New Zealand





























Dear John --
I am an Australian. Secretly, there is a tiny part of me who wishes I was a Kiwi. Your contribution has increased that a touch. Great work.