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
editDonaldson 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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