Mrs P., set. 30, multipara, miscarried for the second time, on 29th March 1874.* Her last menstruation was on 17th December, consequently the foetus was about 3| months old. It was perfectly healthy and well developed. No reason could be assigned by the patient for the accident. On examining the foetus, I found the funis coiled twice round the neck, and under the coiling, it was tightly tied in...

The human foetus lives its life protected from the outside world. The sense of sight is limited – only the brightest rays of sunshine reach the uterus. Also, the maternal tissues protect the foetus from outside tactile experiences. The medical view of foetal development is focussed on the development of the lungs and other organs that need to maturate enough so that the individual can survive a...

A comparison of the kinetic and other parameters of enzymes of flavin-nucleotide metabolism in the whole foetus vis-à-vis the maternal liver in the pregnant rat revealed relatively lower activities of foetal flavokinase and FAD pyrophosphorylase. Passive immunoneutralization of the maternal riboflavin carrier protein suppresses foetal FAD pyrophosphorylase rather selectively. Additionally, alth...

Background: The ductus venosus (DV) transports oxygenated blood to the developing heart and brain by avoiding hepatic circulation. Due anatomical location of DV, measurement DV flow velocity waveforms indirectly disclose cardiac functions health foetus, which represents pressure gradient between umbilical vein right atrium. aim this study was evaluate value pulstality index veins in early pregn...

I propose that a lethal (L. letalis) defect in a foetus or newborn be understood as: (1) a developmental anomaly that leads to spontaneous abortion, immature delivery, or intrauterine death; (2) a developmental anomaly leading to the premature death of a live-born child, irrespective of any therapy that may be applied; and (3) a developmental anomaly classified as grounds for legal abortion. De...

In pregnant women with heart disease, complications can arise due to the haemodynamic burden of pregnancy and to hypercoagulation. Most problems can be managed medically, but sometimes cardiac surgery or percutaneous intervention is unavoidable. Cardiac surgery has similar maternal mortality to that outside pregnancy, but foetal mortality and morbidity are considerable. Measures to reduce the r...

13y C. Macnamaka. I.?Post-mortem examination of a nine months' foetus, stillborn, mother having had an attach of Asiatic cholera. Tjte following case is worth recording, an opportunity having been afforded of examining the condition of a nine months' foetus, the mother having immediately before giving birth to the child, suffered from a very severe attack of Asiatic cholera. Instances of this d...

Why does this Fcetus present by the Cephalic Extremity. (Glasgow Medical Journal, June 1895).?Dr. Anstruther Davidson attempts to answer this much-vexed question. He thinks that Simpson's theory is pretty but doubtful and believes that the ovoid shape of the uterus has little effect on the presentation of the foetus ?that in fact the uterus is compelled by the position of the foetus to assume t...

In rhesus-negative women who have had previous babies severely affected by rhesus incompatibility, the maternal rhesus antibody titre during a subsequent pregnancy offers only a poor indication of the degree to which the developing foetus will be affected. This has induced workers to look for laboratory tests that can give more reliable information. In an attempt to detect excessive haemolysis ...