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Michael Atkinson developed a special tube that helps people with oesophageal cancer to swallow
JohnBennett
Thu 13 May 2021 11.26 EDT
Last modified on Thu 13 May 2021 11.28 EDT
My mentor and friend Michael Atkinson, who has died aged 95, was for many years professor of gastroenterology at the University of Nottingham, where one of his most important contributions was the development of the Atkinson tube, which helps people with oesophageal cancer to swallow.
Born in Rawdon, just outside Leeds, to Herbert, a plumbers’ merchant, and his wife, Janet (nee Palliser), a postmistress, Michael went to Aireborough grammar school in West Yorkshire, then University College London for his medical education during the second world war. ....

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