In memoriam Professor Dick Orie: Fig. 1—

Abstract

On July 6, 2006, Professor N.G.M. Orie died at the respectable age of 91 years. We commemorate a colleague who made a memorable impression on anyone who met him. His intellect, wit, charm and his profound and warm interest in the person with whom he talked, as well as the topic that he discussed, will be remembered by us all. His Dutch colleagues in pulmonology are indebted to him for a better treatment of patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and a sound and stimulating scientific research atmosphere, from which we all benefited. Prof. Orie started his career as a general practitioner. After World War II, he was confronted with many patients who suffered from tuberculosis. Due to an improvement in treatment, the disease became less prominent. He noticed that many individuals, although not suffering from tuberculosis, complained about …