Before revision: Origin Dr John O'Connell, an Irish general practitioner who later became the Minister for Health, proposed to the English publisher Alf Morgan the idea of a compact, user-friendly medical guide which was to become MIMS – for use by doctors when prescribing drugs to English publisher Alf Morgan.
After revision: Origin Dr John O'Connell, an Irish general practitioner who later became the Minister for Health, proposed the concept of a compact, user-friendly medical guide for use by doctors when prescribing drugs to English publisher Alf Morgan.