A pioneer calf foetus microbiome

A Foetus with Down's Syndrome

Ear of foetus showing flattening of upper margin. Ear of foetus showing flattening of upper margin.

Harlequin foetus.

Parnham—A Pioneer Venture

A parasite pioneer

The concept that infectious biological agents were responsible for many diseases was controversial in the midnineteenth century. But key experiments by famed scientists such as Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch eventually won over sceptics. However, some other researchers, equally convinced by this notion, and who also carried our convincing experiments in its support at the same time, have failed ...

Foetus in Foetu.

Foetus in foetu, a descriptive term attributed to Meckel (circa 1800), should be applied only to those rare cases where a parasitic twin is found included within the abdomen of its partner. Lord (1954; 1956) reported two definite cases and reviewed other possible cases. In contrast, the variety of teratoma which occurs in the retroperitoneal space is much less defined. Since the description of ...