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To Its Proponents, The Ultrasound Scanner Is A Safe, Reliable, And Indispensable Aid To Diagnosis. In Some U.s. States, An Ultrasound Scan Is Now Required By Legislation Before A Woman Can Obtain An Abortion, Adding A New Dimension To An Already Controversial Practice. Imaging And Imagining The Fetus Engages Both The Development Of A Modern Medical Technology And The Concerted Critique Of That Technology. The Authors Relate The Technical And Social History Of Ultrasound Imaging-from Early Experiments In Glasgow In 1956 Through Wide Deployment In The British Hospital System By 1975 To Its Ubiquitous Use In Maternity Clinics Throughout The Developed World By The End Of The Twentieth Century. Obstetrician Ian Donald And Engineer Tom Brown Created Ultrasound Technology In Glasgow, Where Their Prototypes Were Based On The Industrial Flaw Detector, An Instrument Readily Available To Them In The Shipbuilding City. As A Physician, Donald Supported The Use Of Ultrasound For Clinical Purposes, And As A Devout High Anglican He Imbued The Images With Moral Significance. He Opposed Abortion-decisions About Which Were Increasingly Guided By The Ultrasound Technology He Pioneered - And He Occasio

Author

Malcolm Nicolson, with John E.E. Fleming

Publisher

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781421407937

Subjects

Medical, History, Political Science