Professor Sir John Dewhurst died on the 1st December
2006. Jack, as he was known to all his colleagues,
was a doyen amongst obstetricians and gynaecologists
of the twentieth century. His reputation was internationally
renowned and he became a worldwide expert
in paediatric and adolescent gynaecology for which he
received due accolade. He was also an outstanding
teacher of obstetrics and gynaecology and as such this
textbook that he began in the 1970s is testament to his