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Problems of Birth Defects - From Hippocrates to Thalidomide and After (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1977)
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Problems of Birth Defects - From Hippocrates to Thalidomide and After (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1977)
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Surprisingly, the beginning of a modern approach This collection of
articles and commentaries is an to the problems of birth defects is
relatively recent integration of information from many disciplines,
and dates from Gregg's classical report in 1941 that and presents a
comprehensive survey of both recent mothers who contracted rubella
during the first tri and previously reported work related to the
major mester of pregnancy gave birth to infants with severe aspects
of birth defects. In particular, an attempt multiple anomalies. For
the first time, an environ has been made to provide a critical
assessment of mental agent was found to be teratogenic in man
current concepts and to identify areas in need of and was
documented in a thoroughly convincing further investigation.
manner. Since then, many important discoveries The scope of this
volume and space limitations and significant developments have been
made, par precluded discussion of and reference to all papers
ticularly in the areas of environmental teratogenesis, of relevance
or importance: a work of the present hereditary mechanisms, and
prenatal diagnosis. nature must necessarily be selective. Some good
In recent years, there has been an impressive papers have been left
out or given relatively little surge of interest in the causes and
prevention of consideration. It is my hope that the list of Further
birth defects. Undoubtedly this resulted not only References will
be consulted and should compensate from the thalidomide tragedy,
but also from the for this lack of completeness."
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