Obturator Palsy in the Newly Born

Obturator palsy in the newly born.

Peripheral nerve palsies affecting a limb or limbs in the newly born are uncommon. The experience of the authors in a maternity teaching hospital suggests that the incidence is approximately 1 to 2 per 1,000 live births. Involvement of the lower limbs is especially uncommon (von Reuss, 1920; Brennemann, 1960) and paralysis of the obturator nerve is extremely rare. Two examples are described in ...

Somatic Stability in The Newly Born

Some papers are exceedingly short and frequently represent an abstract of work already published in full elsewhere. For the most part the discussions were terribly stinted. To the serious student, there is only a handful of new and worthy information. One such example was an interesting paper by Hofmann on the Micellar Solubilization of Fatty Acids and Monoglycerides in Bile Salt Solutions. The...

Hypoglycaemia in the newly born baby.

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Care of the Newly Born Infant

Care of the Newly Born Infant

IN 1889 the first edition of this world famous textbook on tropical diseases by Sir Patrick Manson was published. The fact that this book has now reached its sixteenth edition is testimony to its continued popularity. The first five editions were the work of the original author but the last ten have been by the present author who has clearly left the imprint not only of his editorship but also ...