Level of Description: Fonds

Extent and Medium of the unit of description: 5 items

Name of creator(s): Davidson, Dr John Knight, radiologist

Administrative/Biographical History
Dr Davidson gained his medical qualifications from Edinburgh University, MB ChB in 1948 and MD in 1964, and later undertook his radiological training at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh and at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. Now retired he was formerly Consultant Radiologist in administrative charge at the Western Infirmary and Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow. He also held consultant radiology posts in Sydney, Australia between 1991 and 1993, and carried out similar work in district general hospitals in Scotland. From 1967 to 1990 Dr Davidson was an honorary clinical lecturer at Glasgow University. He was admitted as Honorary Fellow of the American College of Radiology, the Royal Australian College of Radiology and the Scottish Radiology Society. To date Dr Davidson has published a considerable number of scientific journals on a wide ranging variety of topics and has contributed to a number of textbooks on topics including skeletal disorders and ultrasound. The Newton Victor Model K-5 Portable X-Ray Unit was used by Dr Davidson in the course of his work. In 1990 Dr Davidson was awarded the honour of OBE.

Scope and content
Operating and maintenance instructions for the Newton Victor Model K-5 Portable X-Ray Unit c.1940; Papers and newspaper cuttings relating to the Health Care International Hospital, Clydebank, 1987-2002; X-rays of transluminal angioplasty carried out at the Southern General Hospital, 1965; early ultrasound scan, 1968.

Conditions governing access
Access to some items may be restricted. Please contact the Archivist at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

Conditions governing reproduction
Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Archivist. We will try to assist in identifying copyright owners but the responsibility for copyright clearance before publication ultimately rests with the reader.

Language/scripts of material
English

Finding aids
Descriptive list available at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

Related units of description
Newton Victor Model K-5 Portable X-Ray Unit in RCPSG instrument collection (subsequently de-accessioned and disposed of) .

Archivist's Note
Compiled by Carol Parry, Archivist, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

Rules or Conventions
ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2000).

Date(s) of Descriptions
November 2000, November 2003, November 2006.