‘Murtagh’s General Practice’ expanded edition launched

12 June, 2007

Distinguished alumnus, Professor John Murtagh AM recently celebrated the launch of the fourth edition of his text ‘Murtagh’s General Practice’. It is a comprehensive edition of more than 1500 pages which is the biggest selling text in the primary care field worldwide. ‘General Practice’ has been published by McGraw Hill for 12 years and is translated into 11 languages. The book was launched last week at Standish Prideux and Pye Bookshop in Carlton. Professor Murtagh was also recently awarded the AMA Victoria Gold Medal services to medicine. Here he is photographed with his wife Dr Jill Rosenblatt.