This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

WITH A CONSIDERATION OF THEIR PHYSIOLOGIC AND CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE

JOSEPH KRAFKA, JR., PH.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1933;45(5):1007-1021.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

In reviewing the factors concerned with the function of the ductus arteriosus, a hypothesis of the interplay of piestic factors at birth has been developed which coordinates the data of all the previous antagonistic theories dealing with this process. The major tenets have been held and tested over a period of two years. Recently, while reviewing the bibliographic references to the subject, my associates and I came across the theory of "reversal" of the respiratory center as developed by Schmidt.¹ This concept fits so perfectly into our argument that we believe our hypothesis supported in every detail and hence venture this initial report, since we think that the interpretation of asphyxia neonatorum and cerebral hemorrhage in the new-born is materially advanced.

In presenting our experimental and observational data, we shall not follow the typical form of organization, but shall introduce the materials at the points where they fit most logically . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
AUGUSTA, GA.

From the Department of Anatomy, University of Georgia Medical Department.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?