1844 –1845 DONNÉ, Alfred François (1801 – 1878); FOUCAULT, Jean Bernard Léon (1819 – 1868)

Cours de microscopie. 1 vol. and atlas.

Donne's and Foucault's work was the first biomedical textbook to be illustrated with images made from photomicrographs, in this case daguerreotypes of blood cells. Among its noteworthy images are the first microphotog…

GMN 267.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8743

1911 EDLING, Lars (1878 – 1962)

Ueber die Anwendung des Roentgenverfahrens bei der Diagnose der Schwangerschaft.

First use of x rays for the diagnosis of pregnancy.

GMN 6216 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7632

1930 MENEES, Thomas Orville (1890 – 1937); ET AL

Amniography; preliminary report.

Introduction of amniography. With J. D. Miller and L. E. Holly.

GMN 6223 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7649

1933 DELEE, Joseph Bolivar (1869 – 1942)

Sound motion pictures in obstetrics.

DeLee was one of the pioneers of filmmaking for the purpose of medical teaching. In this paper he described the necessary components of a medical film, including scripts, props, lighting, sound and expert staff member…

GMN 12485 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14718

1934 SNOW, William (1898 – ); POWELL, Clilian Bethany (1894 – 1977)

Roentgen visualization of the placenta.

Direct radiography of the placenta. "Clilan (C.B.) Powell, longtime owner of the Amsterdam News, was born in 1894 to former Virginia slaves. Very little is known about his childhood. He received his medical degree in …

GMN 6229 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7856

1958 DONALD, Ian (1910 – 1987)

Investigation of abdominal masses by pulsed ultrasound.

Donald, J. MacVicar and T. G. Brown used an ultrasound scanner to investigate the pregnant abdomen (see also No. 6235.1).

GMN 2682 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3582

1961 DONALD, Ian (1910 – 1987); BROWN, T. G.

Demonstration of tissue interfaces within the body by ultrasonic echo sounding.

Biparietal fetal cephalometry by ultrasound.

GMN 6235.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7872

1965 THOMPSON, Horace E. (1921 – 2008); HOLMES, Joseph H. (1902 – 1982); GOTTESFELD, Kenneth R.; TAYLOR, E. S.

Fetal development as determined by ultrasonic pulse echo techniques.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Thompson, Holmes, Gottesfeld, Taylor. This was the first paper on the use of ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology published in the United States.

GMN 11463 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13662

2011 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

Books & babies: Communicating reproduction.

http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/exhibitions/Babies/index.html "The London underground displays posters for fertility clinics, directed at both women and men. Picture books teach children the facts of life. We are always read…

GMN 10549 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12742

2013 NICHOLSON, Malcolm; FLEMING, John Eric Edgcumbe (1934 – )

Imaging and imagining the fetus: The development of obstetric ultrasound.

GMN 7501 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9673