Showing papers in "American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1955"

TL;DR: The clinical manifestations of the newly defined vaginitis have been described and criteria for clinical, microscopic, and bacteriological diagnoses given and the results of treatment by several methods are discussed.

TL;DR: The fact that the pattern of association of these maternal and fetal factors with epilepsy, mental deficiency, and behavior disorders of childhood was similar to that found with regard to cerebral palsy indicates that these conditions should be included in the postulated continuum.

TL;DR: A series of 28 cases has been presented in detail to illustrate the syndrome of the “universal-joint” cervix and the simple surgical detail necessary to alleviate symptoms has been described and pictured.

TL;DR: Reopening the cervical division of the Lee-Frankenhauser uterovaginal plexus with transected uterosacral ligaments permits sensory denervation of the cervix and fundus of the uterus and the proximal segment of the tubes and prevents regrowth of the nerves.

TL;DR: Three circumstances obviously support the conjecture that the “identical” twins come from a single fertilized egg and the nonidentical or fraternal twins from two separate eggs, and three kinds of circumstantial evidence are given by the young science of genetics.

TL;DR: It is recommended that for vaginal deliveries thiopental be restricted to a single, minimal dose administered during the last few minutes of the delivery, and that for cesarean sections it be limited to the induction period.

TL;DR: With the aid of washed donor erythrocytes tagged with Fe 59 and injected into pregnant women, significant amounts of radioactivity in the blood of their fetuses were demonstrated, in 25 of 29 subjects.

TL;DR: The present report includes the study of plasma ChE activity of normal nonpregnant females, of normal pregnant women at various periods of gestation and at 6 days and 6 weeks post partum, of women with eclampsia and severe pre-eclampedia, and of the term fetus.

TL;DR: The sites of metastases of 136 cases of uterine carcinoma have been indicated in graphic form and the relationship of treatment to the spread of carcinoma has been analyzed, showing local destruction of the carcinoma in a significant number of treated cases.

TL;DR: A review of the literature and an analysis of the records of the Royal Victoria Hospital from 1926, when the Women’s Pavilion was opened, to the end of 1953 find pneumonia as a deadly complication of pregnancy almost a thing of the past.

TL;DR: A study of the time and occurrence of pregnancy during the lactating period in 500 lactating mothers to determine to what extent breast feeding protects the mother, as a natural means, in the spacing of children, to regain her health and strength, before assuming another pregnancy.