Volume 1

The diseases and deformities of the fœtus : an attempt towards a system of antenatal pathology / by J.W. Ballantyne.

  • Ballantyne, J. W. (John William), 1861-1923.
Date:
1892-1895
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Credit: The diseases and deformities of the fœtus : an attempt towards a system of antenatal pathology / by J.W. Ballantyne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. In commencing the work of which this volume is the first instalment, I am fully conscious of the many difficulties which lie in the way of its successful completion. I have, however, been so greatly cheered by the kindly and encouraging notices of my recently published book, which dealt with the anatomy, physiology, and hygiene of the new-born infant, and I have received such generous help from many medical friends, who have sent me specimens of foetal disease and deformity, and have aided me in other ways, that I venture now to put forth the first part of a work devoted to fcetal pathology. I have been exceptionally fortunate in having been able to see, and in most instances to dissect, specimens of a large number of the principal varieties of the diseases and deformities that may affect the foetus and its annexa, and have from time to time published in the medical papers the results of the examination of these individual cases;1 but it has long been my desire to bring 1 On General Dropsy of the Foetus, Edinburgh Obstetrical Society Transactions, vol. xii., 1887, and Edinburgh Medical Journal for July, August, and September, 1892; Sclerema and (Edema Neonatorum, British Medical Journal, February 22, 1890; Intra-uterine Rickets, Edinburgh Medical Journal for June 1890 ; Maternal Impressions, Edinburgh Medical Journal for January 1891, and for May 1892 ; « Vascular Anomaly of the Membranes, Edinburgh Medical Journal for May 1891 ; Disease in Early Infancy, British Medical Journal, February 13, 1892; Investigation of Foetal Diseases, Edinburgh Medical Journal for March 1892 ; Rupture of the Spleen in 'a New-born Infant, Archives of Pediatrics, April 1892; Sectional Anatomy of an Anencephalic Foetus, Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, vol. xxvi., July 1892 ; Notes on Cases of Peritonitis, Ante-mortem Clotting in the Heart, Syphilitic Liver, and Uterus Bicornis Septus in the New-born Infant 9