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...vast majority of inborn defects are now recognized as due to something that goes wrong in the environment of the fetus - in the womb. In most cases, the underlying cause is unknown. In a few cases, the direct cause is now clear, thanks to an Australian ophthalmologist...
Exception to Innocence. Whenever a woman bears a malformed child, she tortures herself with the questions, "Is it my fault? What did I do wrong?" In most cases, nothing. The one clear exception to the rule of maternal innocence is syphilis. Its spirochetes do not attack the fetus until relatively late in its development. If syphilis is diagnosed early in pregnancy, intensive treatment with penicillin can give the mother's unborn child almost sure protection...
...widest study yet made of the effect of German measles on the fetus when it strikes a woman during the first three months of pregnancy. In 1957 an epidemic swept 2,000,000 Formosans. The island's high pregnancy rate gives Namru-2 a mass of data now being analyzed...
...times as much Sr-89as Sr-90 in his bones). A pregnant woman may get Sr-89 in milk or other fresh foods, so the danger is greatest to the unborn, said Dr. Schulert, "since the growing fetal skeleton reflects the diet of the mother," and the fast-growing fetus is especially vulnerable to damage from radiation...
When babies stay in the womb too long, said Dr. Nechtow, the death rate is three times that of normal-term babies. One reason: the placenta may shrink, so the fetus is forced to live off his own tissues and loses weight. At the same time, the difficulty of delivery increases, with more frequent breech presentations, use of mid-forceps and Caesarean section. While Dr. Nechtow warned the G.P.s against resorting lightly to drastic measures, he urged them not to hesitate to induce labor or do a Caesarean section if the examination convinces them that the time is overripe...