Andrew Hope Davidson
Andrew Hope Davidson MD, FRCPI, FRCOG (May 29, 1895 – February 12, 1967) was professor of midwifery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.[1]
He graduated from Trinity College in 1917, and subsequently served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in Palestine and Syria during the First World War.[1] He returned to Dublin, and qualified in medicine in 1920.[1]
He was master of the Rotunda Hospital from 1933 to 1940, and oversaw the development of many new services and facilities [2][3][4] He was appointed to the Royal City of Dublin Hospital in 1940. In 1948, he became gynaecologist at Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital.[1] He was King's Professor of Midwifery from 14 January 1953 to 6 May 1960.[5]
Some of his medical contributions were in the areas of postpartum infections, pelvimetry, and Caesarean section.[1]
He was a foundation fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.[6]
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