La durée de la grossesse et ses anomalies.
Abstract
In this short monograph the author discusses the duration of normal pregnancy, with some remarks on prematurity and postmaturity. He shows that it is impossible to predict exactly when delivery will occur, because many of the fundamental processes concerned in pregnancy are not known. Three principal questions are considered in detail: When does pregnancy begin? What causes the onset of labor? What signs warrant the physician's being certain that an infant was born at full...