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Professor Milroy Paul-the most brilliant leading surgeon we have ever had in the history of Ceylon, and most of his pupils now retired from the practice of Medicine, will vouch for that – By Dr Harold Gunatillake How many of our young doctors today,including surgeons, know of Professor Milroy Paul a mentor of our vintage. He became the first surgeon to General Hospital, Colombo in 1934, after a period of work in Jaffna Hospital from 1930 to 1933. In 1936 he became the founder Professor of Surgery, first at the Colombo Medical College and the Children’s Hospital. During the second world war he was appointed a Lieutenant Colonel in the Ceylon Medical Corps and officer in charge of the surgical division at 55 British Military Hospital, Colombo. He was so aligned with the British that he was even invited and attended Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 11’s Coronation in 1953. Pages may not be adequate to ...