After birth
the child had seven malarial paroxysms but recovered, the splenic
tumor disappearing.
The modes of infection of the fetus by syphilis, and the
infection of the mother, have been well discussed, and need no
mention here.
There has been much discussion on the effects on the fetus in
utero of medicine administered to the pregnant mother, and the
opinions as to the reliability of this medication are so varied
that we are in doubt as to a satisfactory conclusion. The effects
of drugs administered and eliminated by the mammary glands and
transmitted to the child at the breast are well known, and have
been witnessed by nearly every physician, and, as in cases of
strong metallic purges, etc., need no other than the actual test.
However, scientific experiments as to the efficacy of fetal
therapeutics have been made from time to time with varying
results.
Gusserow of Strasbourg tested for iodin, chloroform, and
salicylic acid in the blood and secretions of the fetus after
maternal administration just before death. In 14 cases in which
iodin had been administered, he examined the fetal urine of 11
cases; in 5, iodin was present, and in the others, absent. He
made some similar experiments on the lower animals.
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