Advances in spina bifida care: from the womb to adulthood

Lenticonus in spina bifida

Anterior lenticonus is a rare anomaly, first described by Webster (I874), which is frequently associated with Alport's syndrome of nephritis and perceptual deafness. A report of the 42 cases recorded up to I966 is given by Arnott, Crawfurd, and Toghill, i966. South Wales has an unusually high incidence of spina bifida. The incidence was found to be 3-92 per iooo in Glamorgan and Monmouthshire w...

Studies in spina bifida cystica. III. Seasonal variation in the frequency of spina bifida births.

This communication continues the analysis of data accumulated from a series of cases of spina bifida cystica observed during the years 1949 to 1958. In earlier papers, attention was drawn to the magnitude of the problem presented by these cases and to the amount of medical and surgical care which they require (Doran and Guthkelch, 1961) and to certain complications which need consideration in p...

Spina Bifida (Myelomeningocele)

Studies in Spina Bifida Cystica

Nicolai Tulp, the physician whose features are immortalized in Rembrandt's painting 'The School of Anatomy', first suggested the name 'spina bifida' (Tulpius, 1652), though the condition was known to Hippocrates, and the mediaeval Arab physicians are said (Denuce, 1906) to have specifically recognized the absence of the spinous processes in the affected area. Ruysch (1691) distinguished between...

The Treatment of Spina Bifida

are glad to have a full and authoritative account of it provided by the originator. The work is enriched by the addition of Professor Humphry's drawings, and by a special account of the pathology of spina bifida from the pen of Professor Cleland. The author modestly refers to the report of the Clinical Society on his mode of treatment with some gratitude, and at the same time with a certain amo...