While he was working at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Ian Donald (later Regius Professor of Midwifery, University of Glasgow and a pioneer of diagnostic ultrasound) collaborated with Albert Claireaux and Robert Steiner on histological and radiological studies of hyaline membrane disease. In 1953, Donald and Steiner published the first radiological study of a series of cases. The success of this research stimulated Donald's interest in imaging technologies.
DonaldI. YoungIM. An automatic respiratory amplifier. J. Physiol.1952: 116; 41–3.
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CalnanJ. The Hammersmith 1935–1985: the first fifty years of the Royal Postgraduate Medical School at Hammersmith Hospital. MTP, Lancaster.
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ClaireauxAE. Hyaline membrane in the neonatal lung. Lancet1953: 11; 749–753.
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DonaldI. Resuscitation of the newborn. Postgrad. Med. J.1953: 29: 247–253.
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DonaldI. Steiner RE. Radiography in the diagnosis of hyaline membrane. Lancet1953: ll; 846–849.
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CaffeyJ. Pediatric X-Ray Diagnosis: A textbook for students and practitioners of pediatrics, surgery and radiology. Year Book Publishers, Chicago, 1945, p. 248.
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DonaldI. Radiology in neonatal respiratory disorders. Brit. J. Radiol.1954: 27; 500–503; Steiner RE. The radiology of respiratory distress in the new born. Brit. J. Radiol. 1954: 27;491-499.
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MeschanIThe radiographic appearances of hyaline disease of the lungs in the new born. Radiology. 1953: 60,383–90.
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DonaldI. Practical Obstetric Problems. Lloyd-Duke, London1955, p. 5. 10 Ibid, p. 167. 11 Ibid, p. 211.
