Imaging and Imagining the Fetus : The Development of Obstetric Ultrasound /

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This book tells the story of how engineers and clinicians developed the ultrasound diagnostic scanner and how its use in obstetrics became controversial. To its proponents, the ultrasound scanner is a safe, reliable, and indispensable aid to diagnosis. Its detractors, on the other hand, argue that i...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Nicolson, Malcolm, 1952-
Autres auteurs: Fleming, John E. E. (John Eric Edgcumbe), 1934-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Donald, Ian, > 1910-1987
Donald, Ian, > 1910-1987.
Ultrasonics in obstetrics.
Fetus > Ultrasonic imaging.
Diffusion of innovations.
Politics, Practical.
politics.
Politique.
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Innovations > Diffusion.
Innovations > Diffusion > Écosse.
Foetus > Échographie.
Foetus > Échographie > Écosse > Histoire.
Échographie obstetricale.
Échographie obstetricale > Écosse > Histoire.
Ultrasonography, Prenatal
Politics
History, 20th Century
Fetal Diseases > diagnosis
Diffusion of Innovation
Ultrasonography, Prenatal > instrumentation
Ultrasonography, Prenatal > history
Diffusion of innovations > Scotland.
Fetus > Ultrasonic imaging > Scotland > History.
Ultrasonics in obstetrics > Scotland > History.
Scotland.
Scotland
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction : Historiographies of Obstetrics
  • Diagnostic ultrasound before Thomas Brown
  • Ian Donald before ultrasound I : St. Thomas's Hospital and the Royal Air Force
  • Ian Donald before ultrasound II : Hammersmith and Glasgow
  • A-scope investigations in Glasgow
  • The first contact scanner
  • The automatic scanner and the diasonograph
  • Behind the Iron Curtain : ultrasound and the fetus
  • Diffusion, controversy, and commodification
  • Ian Donald after ultrasound : contraception and abortion
  • Maternity and technology.

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