John Walshe: physician-scientist who revolutionised the treatment of Wilson’s disease

Born to amedical family inKensington, London, John Michael Walshe was the younger son of Francis Walshe, an eminent neurologist, and Bertha (née Dennehy) a nurse. His parents met in a hospital in Alexandria, while on active duty there during the first world war. When his father was demobbed, the family returned to London. Walshe and his older brother, Peter, attended Beaumont College in Old Windsor.