Word: fetal
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Edward Abbott, assisted by Dr. Charles Mount, made a six-inch midline incision in the abdomen. The patient bled profusely (she got almost eight pints of blood in transfusions). The doctors cut the fetal sac, seized the infant, pulled out a wailing baby girl. Weight: 6 lbs. 6 oz. Condition of mother & daughter at week's end: excellent...
...March 24. The date of Mrs. Hunter's last menstrual period was Feb. 10. Everything proceeded as usual for three months. Then there was "apparent cessation of growth," until at six months Mrs. Hunter felt life for the first time. (Normal time for this: 16th to 18th week.) Fetal heartbeat was first detected in September. (Normal time for this would have been July...
...selecting a suitable site for the shindig. An announcement as to the location finally chosen should appear here next week. As an extra added attraction the Messrs. Cross and Brunner will present one of their inimitable stage shows at intermission. Because the Danec is still in a sub-fetal stage complete details will not be available until a later date. Until then, look around and try to find some girl who will go with...
...Rhymes with idle. Literally "hair-nest," so called because hairs grow inside the cyst. A pi lonidal cyst is supposed to result from imperfect fusion of the two halves of a body in fetal life...
...Children with infantile paralysis are usually fine and big, but not so fully developed as healthy ones. The broad, flat nose bridge, which the doctors noticed as indicating a disposition toward the disease, is a carry-over from fetal life-a mature nose has a high bridge. Another feature frequently found in paralysis cases: long eyelashes...