The Sleep of Life

Gordon Ostlere was born on September 15, 1921 in England. He was a surgeon and anaesthetist at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London. He wrote several technical books under his own name including Anaesthetics for Medical Students, Anaesthetics and the Patient, and Trichlorethylene Anaesthesia. He also wrote novels, screenplays, and accounts of show more popular history under the pen name Richard Gordon. He became a full-time author in 1952. He books included the Doctor series of novels, The Alarming History of Medicine, and The Alarming History of Sex. He died on August 11, 2017 at the age of 95. (Bowker Author Biography) show less