1956 DISEASES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM 



ADDENDUM. 



REMARKS ON ANTENATAL AND POSTNATAL PATHOLOGY. 



General remarks — Antenatal pathology — Postnatal pathology — References. 



General Remarks. 



We think that perhaps a few remarks concerning antenatal and 

 postnatal pathology may be of interest. 



Antenatal Pathology. 



Much useful work has been done of late in Calcutta and other 

 tropical towns by means of lady health visitors, by the training 

 and provision of midwives, as well as by the training of school- 

 teachers and school-girls in matters connected with hygiene. The 



Fig. 784. — POLYDACTYI.ISM. 



effect of skilled attention at the time of birth has been indicated by 

 the entire absence of tetanus neonatorum amongst babies delivered 



Fig. 785. — Cyclops. 

 (From a photograph by Sambon.) 



by the municipal m^'dwives in Calcutta, and by the extraordinarily 

 low death-rate uni^r simUar conditions during the first woek of 

 life, as related by Miss Lewis. 



