The incidence of respiratory distress syndrome in 536 infants consecutively delivered by
cesarean section was found to be 8 per cent. The incidence was 21 per cent among infants …

Causes of birth asphyxia and trauma were determined in the 208 most severely affected infants
of 10,995 consecutive live births; 159 infants had cerebral disturbances, 39 had fractures …

In 1958, a woman who had received a renal transplant from her identical twin was delivered
by cesarean section. Board and associates 2 reported the first successful human pregnancy …

In vivo experiments on the dog were designed to bridge one of the gaps in our knowledge
of uterine physiology, namely, the nature of the mechanism of rhythm of uterine contractions, …

Cortisol was determined by a competitive protein-binding method in umbilical cord plasma
from pregnancies of 37 or more weeks' gestation. In 162 cases of vaginal delivery following …

The haematological changes seen during pregnancy were studied in 1112 women registering
in the public clinic of a large urban teaching hospital during the first or second trimester. In …

Uterine activity during pregnancy was investigated with a view to demonstrating that the so-called
“progesterone block” of the myometrium is mediated through the sympathetic …

A competitive protein-binding assay with human late-pregnancy plasma as the source of
binding protein was used to measure the levels of free estradiol in maternal plasma in normal …

The aim of this study was to determine whether there is a decrease in fetal cortisol levels
associated with the respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Eighteen newborn infants of less than …

A new theory of the controlling factors of uterine contractility has been presented. Attention
is being drawn to the fact that the uterus is constantly under neurohumoral control, estrogen …