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Howard Carman Moloy

Born  1903-02-03
Died  1953-03-13

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    Canadian obstetrician, born February 3, 1903. Lambton Ontario; died March 13, 1953, New York City.

    Biography of Howard Carman Moloy

    Howard Carman Moloy was assistant attending obstetrician and gynecologist at the California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) from 1934. At the time of his death he was assistant clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Medical Center. Moloy won wide recognition for research in his field, and for x-ray techniques he developed to foresee birth complications.
    Columbia Alumni News 44, July 1953: 30.

    Bibliography


    Evaluation of the pelvis in obstetrics. 1959
    Clinical and roentgenologic evaluation of the pelvis in obstetrics. Philadelphia, Saunders, 1951.
    The use of the roentgen ray in obstetrics (Golden's Diagnostic radiology). 1960.
    Moloy’s Evaluation of the Pelvis in Obstetrics. 1959
    L. D. Longo:
    Classic pages in obstetrics and gynecology. Anatomical variations in the female pelvis
      and their effect in labor with a suggested classification. William Edgar Caldwell and
      Howard Carmen Moloy. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol. 26, pp. 479-505, 1933.
      American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York, April 1, 1977, 127 (7): 798.

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