Mel – Personal Reminiscence

Frontiers in Pediatrics

H. William Taeusch¹ 

关键词: Avery;    lung;    pulmonary;    surfactants;    neonatology;    medical research;    lungs;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fped.2014.00049

学科分类：儿科学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

On July 1, 1970, I started my fellowship in neonatology under the tutelage of Mary Ellen Avery. I entered her lab in the MacIntyre Building at McGill University in Montreal. There were no other fellows or techs working in her lab at the time. The lab was spacious but sparsely furnished. In one corner was a pneumatic surface balance, hand-built, from the design of John Clements. A lab book lay on the bench with entries dated June, 1970, by Bob Kotas, my predecessor, who had neatly recorded data on lungs from fetal rabbits. I was alone and knew no one in the building. Mel’s office was several miles away at Montreal Children’s Hospital where she was, surprisingly, the new Chief of Pediatrics (An American! A Woman!).

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