Originally used to check for flaws in machine parts, this device was first used on pregnant women in the 1950s
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History of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Part 1  A history of ultrasonography in Obstetrics and Gynecology, part 1. ... It was around similar times that ultrasound was used experimentally as a .... A-mode devices developed from the reflectoscope/ metal flaw detectors were ... The first scanning machine was put together, mechanically largely by John with parts obtained...
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Ultrasound Devices - used, first, blood, body, uses, device ...  Ultrasonics was first used to test machine parts. It detected cracks, flaws, and bubbles in the metal. Donald was certain that ultrasonics could be applied in...
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Ian Donald - Wikipedia  Ian Donald (December 1910  19 June 1987) was a Scottish physician who pioneered the use of diagnostic ultrasound in medicine. Whilst Professor of Midwifery at Glasgow University, he first explored the use of ultrasound in the 1950s after seeing it used in the Glasgow shipyards to look for flaws in ... "Localisation using physical devices, radioisotopes and radiographic...
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A short History of the development of Ultrasound in  Aug 24, 2008 ... History of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Part 1 ... physicist, had successfully used an underwater bell to determine the .... 280 226 "Flaw Detecting Device and Measuring Instrument", April ..... machine was put together, mechanically largely by John with parts ..... Glasgow women are wonderful.
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The History of Fetal Ultrasound | Pregnancy Imaging - Live Science  May 16, 2013 ... A new book explores the history of ultrasound in pregnancy, from its ... systems based on an instrument used to detect industrial flaws in ships. ... of the 1950s, ultrasound was routinely used in Glasgow hospitals, Nicolson said. ... During a scan, ultrasound waves are aimed at a pregnant women's abdomen.
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Rabbit test - Wikipedia  The rabbit test, or "Friedman test", was an early pregnancy test developed in 1931 by Maurice ... The rabbit test consisted of injecting the tested woman's urine into a female rabbit, ... that the injected rabbit would die only if the woman was pregnant. ... "the rabbit died" being used as a euphemism for a positive pregnancy test.
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Ultrasound Scans- Cause for Concern - Sarah Buckley  When I was pregnant with my first baby in 1990, I decided against having a scan. ... when used as a screening tool for every pregnant woman and her baby. .... In one study involving women at high risk, almost 10 percent of scans were ... mortality nor a lower rate of unnecessary interventions can be expected from routine...
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Sabbatini, R.M.E.: The Discovery of Bioelectricity. Tools of the Trade  It was an electric condenser, used to store electric charges as well as to deliver them to ... In one occasion, a physiologist was able to discern a mere 10 mV positive ... The first physical device used to detect bioelectricity was the foil electrometer. This was a isolated glass container, with two very thin gold foils attached at an...
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The Lamaze Method : Preparation for Birth - eNotAlone  In the 1950s, most women expected to be unconscious during childbirth. ... pain control used by laboring women called psychoprophylaxis, literally meaning "mind prevention. ... During the 1940's British obstetrician Grantly Dick-Read wrote about the ... wrote the first book in English about the technique: Painless Childbirth...
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Case4: EMI  By 1977, six years after it introduced the world's first commercial x ray ... At the same time, by using a computer to interpret the transmitted rays, a CT ... in medical equipment markets throughout Western Europe, North America, and Japan. ... Clinic and Massachusetts General Hospital received the first CT scanners in 1973,...
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The Utterly Horrifying Ways That Doctors Used To Test For Pregnancy  Nov 10, 2015 ... So how on Earth did women originally test to see if they were expecting? ... During the onset of pregnancy, a hormone called human chorionic ... It also triggers the production progesterone, a multipurpose hormone that, ... Image credit: Wine was once mixed with urine in order to detect pregnancy. easy...
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This question originally aired on March 23, 2007... | Jeopardy ...  Mar 23, 2007 ... ... DEVICES Question: In 1901 this wounded pres. was treated by a gynecological surgeon who used a sewing needle to close him up Answer:.
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Post-Term Pregnancy | Novant Health  Other terms often used for this include prolonged pregnancy, post-dates ... Ultrasound (a diagnostic imaging technique which uses high-frequency sound waves and a ... Tests often include ultrasound, non-stress testing (how the fetal heart rate ... Ultrasounds are used to view internal organs as they function, and to assess...
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Friday, March 30, 1979 - pddoc.com  Mar 30, 1979 ... They were also concerned about levels in the make-up tank and the two waste ... was going on at the facility and the question was being raised in the minds of ... wife were pregnant and I had small children in the area, I would get them ... women and preschool children leave the region within a 5-mile radius...
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Common Tests During Pregnancy | Johns Hopkins Medicine Health ...  Percutaneous umbilical blood sampling (withdrawing a small sample of the ... This screening process can help determine the risk of the fetus having certain birth defects. .... ultrasound technology to help guide a hollow needle into the amniotic sac. ... Depending on the position of the baby and placenta, amount of fluid, and...
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Pregnancy - Pregnancy Topics - Ultrasound scan - CYH Home  6 days ago ... Ultrasound uses sound waves to create an image (picture). ... In pregnancy an ultrasound scan can be used to look at the developing baby. ... physical development; To monitor the pregnancy if there have been complications ... Ultrasound is an outpatient procedure (you will not be admitted to hospital), and...
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37 - Online Etymology Dictionary  Narrowed meaning "a woman's breasts" is from 1959; but bosomy ... as well as the need to distinguish slave from free labor. ... 1540s, "swelling, projecting and rounded, decorated with bosses" from boss (n.2) .... 1777, "room where a lady may retire to be alone," from French boudoir (18c.) .... in its original sense of "thump, hit.
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Prenatal Genetic Screening Tests: Benefits & Risks - Live Science  Dec 18, 2014 ... Prenatal genetic testing may diagnose any complications or developmental issues. ... of genetic disorders, are used to help calculate the odds that the fetus might be .... extract a sample of the amniotic fluid surrounding the fetus. The procedure is usually done between the 15th and 20th week of pregnancy,...
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Rabbit test - Wikipedia  The rabbit test, or "Friedman test", was an early pregnancy test developed in 1931 by Maurice Harold Friedman and Maxwell Edward Lapham at the University of Pennsylvania as an improvement on the 1927 test developed by Bernhard...
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Decision to Abort Can Be Made Sooner With Less Anguish : Need ...  Nov 16, 1986 ... The dilemmas fetal doctors now face daily rarely arose just 10 years ago. ... of drawing amniotic fluid is to obtain cells that have been generated by the fetus. ... Technicians can detect chromosomal disorders such as Down's syndrome, ... first study the fetus's position in the womb on an ultrasound screen.
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Gadgets that changed the world | TechCrunch  Nov 5, 2007 ... The earliest remains of a condom, which date from 1640, were ... in 1926 and a year later the ultra-accurate quartz-crystal controlled clock arrived. ... Dynamite, 1867 ... out of a line-up of obsolete office gadgets, but most desk jockeys still ... Now a single press of a button (and up to 32 satellites) will pinpoint...