title: Medical philately. Doctors in politics.
abstract: Doctors have always been involved in politics, as individuals or on a national or international level. Some have deserted medicine in order to pursue a full-time political career. A selection of doctor-politicians who have appeared on stamps is presented.
mesh_terms: D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D010678:Philately; D010820:Physicians; D011057:Politics