Malcolm Donaldson
Malcolm Donaldson FRCS FRCOG (27 April 1884 – 16 March 1973) was a British physician-accoucheur at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, and director of the cancer department there.
Life and career
[edit]Donaldson was born on 27 April 1884. He studied medicine at the University of Cambridge, qualifying (MB BCh) in 1912.[1] During the World War i he served as an officer with the Royal Army Medical Corps. After the war, he led efforts to promote national cancer education for the public, but his efforts met with resistance.[2][3]
Donaldson was vice-chairman of the National Radium Commission, a member of the Radiology Committee of the Medical Research Council, and a founding fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.[4][1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Donaldson, Malcolm (1884 - 1973). Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online, Royal College of Surgeons of England. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ Toon, Elizabeth (2007). ""Cancer as the General Population Knows It"". Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 81 (1): 116–138. doi:10.1353/bhm.2007.0013. ISSN 0007-5140. PMC 2635844. PMID 17369665.
- ^ "The BECC Finally Enters the Field". Ebrary. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. (2014) RCOG Roll of Active Service, 1914-1918. London: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. p. 4. Archived here.
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