Ian Donald - A Memoir

This book is a biography of the physician who revolutionised diagnostic ultrasound in obstetric practice.

List of contents

1. Early life and training; 2. London 1946-54; 3. Appointment to the Glasgow Chair; 4. Glasgow obstetrics in the Fifties; 5. Sharing Enthusiasm: a textbook - and a teacher - with a difference; 6. The Western Infirmary Wards G9 and 10; 7. The cutting edge - in the operating theatre; 8. The Queen Mother's Hospital; 9. Science and serendipity: ultrasound takes off; 10. Home life and hobbies; 11. 'Naught for your comfort': social reform and medical ethics in a changing world; 12. 'At the receiving end': courage and faith; 13. 'The evening cometh': international fame, continued battle with illness and home happiness in retirement; Sources; Index.

About the author

James Willocks was a registrar with Ian Donald in Glasgow in the late 1950s. His contribution to the field was the introduction of fetal cephalometry, which remained for years the only way of measuring intra-uterine fetal growth.Wallace Barr is a practising Gynaecologist in Paisely, Scotland.

Product details

• Authors: Wallace Barr, Barr Wallace, James Willocks & Wallace Barr, James Willocks, James Barr Willocks, Willocks James
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2004
• EAN: 9781904752004
• ISBN: 978-1-904752-00-4
• No. of pages: 162
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Gynecology & Obstetrics, History of Medicine, Gynaecology and obstetrics, Gynaecology & obstetrics, Medical imaging