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Foetal and Neonatal Physiology

British Medical Bulletin 17(2): 79–176. 1961. The British Council, 65 Davies Street, London W.1. $3.25.

ABSTRACT

This issue of the Bulletin is made up of a group of articles, each written by an authority in his field, covering the various phases of foetal and neonatal physiology. The articles are comprehensive yet brief and up-to-date. The areas are indicated by the titles of the articles: histology of the placenta, foetal endocrinology, protein transfer across foetal membranes, immunological tolerance and paralysis, transport mechanisms in the foetus, foetal kidney, enzymic activity during early development, carbohydrate metabolism in placenta and foetus, inferior aortico-pulmonary glomus, perinatal mineral metabolism, glycogen reserves and their changes at birth, ability of young mammals to withstand total oxygen lack, changes in the circulation at birth, blood pressure in the new-born baby, respiration in the new-born baby, the new-born animal and environmental temperature, neonatal paediatrics, and animal physiology.