<P> The Australian obstetrician William McBride and the German paediatrician Widukind Lenz suspected a link between birth defects and the drug , a theory Lenz proved in 1961 . McBride was later awarded a number of honors , including a medal and prize money by L'Institut de la Vie in Paris . Further animal tests were conducted by Dr George Somers , Chief Pharmacologist of Distillers Company in Britain , which showed foetal abnormalities in rabbits . Similar results were also published showing these effects in rats and other species . </P>
<P> The Australian obstetrician William McBride and the German paediatrician Widukind Lenz suspected a link between birth defects and the drug , a theory Lenz proved in 1961 . McBride was later awarded a number of honors , including a medal and prize money by L'Institut de la Vie in Paris . Further animal tests were conducted by Dr George Somers , Chief Pharmacologist of Distillers Company in Britain , which showed foetal abnormalities in rabbits . Similar results were also published showing these effects in rats and other species . </P>
who discovered the link between thalidomide and birth defects
who discovered the link between thalidomide and birth defects
Australian obstetrician William McBride and the German paediatrician Widukind Lenz
Australian obstetrician William McBride and the German paediatrician Widukind Lenz