AW Melville,a Pioneer in New Zealand Medical Electronics and Inventor of the Fisher & Paykel Humidifier

Melville A.W. Instrumentation in cardio-surgery. In: Report of the Seventh Science Congress, Christchurch, May 15–21, 1951. Christchurch: Roy Soc of NZ 1952. p. 10–18. (Smithsonian catalogue, call no. Q101.N56 1951.)

Spence M. , Melville A. A new humidifier. Anesthesiology 1972; 36: 89–93.

Melville A.W. Memoir (undated). Copy available from author (RVT).

Knox R. , Jackson D. , eds. Notable New Zealanders: The Pictorial Who's Who. Paul Hamlyn Ltd, Auckland 1979; p. 527.

Davies K. Defying Gravity. The Fisher & Paykel Story. 70 years of innovation. Auckland: David Ling, 2004; p. 311.

Roche E.H. , Roche A.H. Green Lane Saga a record of Green Lane Hospital, Auckland in the development of cardiology and cardiothoracic and vascular surgery. Auckland: Ray Richards, Green Lane Hospital Staff, 1983; p. 229.

Melville A.W. Pressure measurements in the human organism. NZ Med J 1953; 52: 493–496.

Melville A.W. , Cornwall J.B. Rapid response recording cardiota-chometer. Electronic Engineering 1959; May: 268–271.

Cornwall J.B. , Melville A.W. A rapid response ratemeter with protection against random triggering. Electronic Engineering 1962; 34: 537–539.

Cornwall J.B. , personal communication (February to March 2009).

Beasley W.R. , Melville A.W. Automatic isodose recorder. Br J Radiol 1961; 34: 648–654.

Yarrow S. How it all started: New Zealand's first open heart operation. NZ Med J 1989; 102: 353–355.

Melville A.W. , Hodder B.H. A servo-operated respirator for premature infants. IRE Trans Med Electron 1958; PGME: 75–81.

Melville A.W. Servo operated respirator for premature infants. “AIDD Medical Electronics activities”: Internal report ME-4, 1956. Copy available from author (RVT).

Melville A.W. , Cornwall J.B. Medical instrumentation. Productivity and Technology 1976; p. 18–19.

Holland R. Against the odds. Anaesth Intensive Care 2008; 36(Suppl 1): 3–6.

Trubuhovich R.V. , Judson J.A. Intensive Care in New Zealand: A History of the New Zealand Region of ANZICS. Auckland 2001; p. 120.