John J. Wild papers

Collection

Identifier: HMD MS ACC 2015-038

Abstract

UNPROCESSED COLLECTION. Early educational records, professional/national meetings, British patents and intubation tube research/correspondence/'creeper' intubation prototypes/die casts objects, original area ratio plottings, personal and biographical, photographs and graphics, exhibit panels, St. Barnabas/Univ. Minn. Research/correspondence, publications, original pulse/echo ultrasound incunabula. A collection of his ultrasound equipment was donated to the Smithsonian by the family.

Dates

Creation: 1940s-2000s

Extent

15.55 Linear Feet (20 boxes)

Creator

Wild, John J. (Person)

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Language of Materials

Collection materials primarily in English

Access Restrictions

Unprocessed collection. Access is restricted. See Reference Librarian for information regarding access. Portions of the collection are restricted according to HMD's Access to Personal Health Information policy.

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Biographical/Historical Note

John Julian Cuttance Wild (August 11, 1914 - September 18, 2009) was an English-born American physician who was part of the first group to use ultrasound for body imaging, most notably for diagnosing cancer. Modern ultrasonic diagnostic medical scans are descendants of the equipment Wild and his colleagues developed in the 1950s. He has been described as the "father of medical ultrasound". Wild and Reid were credited in Diagnosis of Diseases of the Breast as "the first to develop equipment specifically designed for breast scanning", as well as "the first to differentiate between cystic and solid masses in the breast by means of ultrasonography". Wild won the 1991 Japan Prize in recognition for his innovations in the field of ultrasound imaging. [wikipedia]

Collection Summary

Early educational records, professional/national meetings, British patents and intubation tube research/correspondence/'creeper' intubation prototypes/die casts objects, original area ratio plottings, personal and biographical, photographs and graphics, exhibit panels, St. Barnabas/Univ. Minn. Research/correspondence, publications, original pulse/echo ultrasound incunabula. A collection of his ultrasound equipment was donated to the Smithsonian by the family.