Dr. Finlay's Casebook of honour at the British Medical Association's annual dinner to speak on medical matters as if he were a real GP. Following the assassination of President Kennedy on 22 November 1963, the BBC screened "Dr Finlay's Casebook" as part of its regular programming. There were reportedly over 2,000 phone calls and 500 letters and telegrams complaining about the decision. Dr. Finlay's Casebook Dr. Finlay's Casebook is a television drama series that was produced and broadcast by the BBC from 1962 until 1971. Based on A. J. Cronin's novella entitled "Country Doctor", the storylines centred on a general medical practice in
Carlos Finlay at his house in Havana on August 20, 1915. In 1928, President Gerardo Machado established the National Order of Merit Carlos J. Finlay, rewarding contributions to healthcare and medicine. It is the highest scientific decoration awarded by the Cuban Council of State. The order was discontinued between 1959 and 1981. On the wall of the Finlay Medical History Museum in Havana, the inscription states, "History Museum of the Medical Sciences ' Carlos J. Finlay', created by the Revolutionary Government in eternal homage to the men who contributed to the advance of the sciences in Cuba. National Commission of the Academy