McBride, William B.

Obstetrician, gynaecologist and medical researcher. Attributed with first naming Thalidomide as a cause of birth defects in 1961. Established medical research organisation Foundation 41 in 1972. Investigated by the New South Wales Medical Tribunal 1989-93. Struck from the Register of Medical Practitioners in 1993, reinstated in 1998.

From the description of Papers of William McBride [manuscript]. 1953-1996. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225809580

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