The Prophylaxis of Ophthalmia Neonatorum
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Alfred Graefe.?"Ueber caustische und antiseptische Behandlung der Conjunctivalentziindungen mit besonderer Beriicksichtigung der Blenorrhcea Neonatorum," in Volkmanris Sammlung Klinischer Vortrcege, No. 192, 1881. Abegg.?" Zur Yerlilitung der Augenentziindung Neugeborener," in Archiv fur Gyncekologie, xvii. 502, 1881. Olshausen.?" Zur Prophylaxe der Conjunctivalblenorrhoea Neugeborener," in Centralblatt fur Gyncekologie, v. 33, 1881. Haussmann.?" Zur prophylactischen Behandlung der wahrend der Geburt eintretenden Infektion der Augen des Kindes," in Centralblatt fur Gyncekologie, v. 76, 1881. Haussmann.?" Zur Entstehung und Verhiitung der Ophthalmia Neonatorum," in Centralblatt filr Gyncekologie, v. 204, 1881. Haussmann.?Die Bindehautinfection der Neugeborenen, Stuttgart, 1882.
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