Über die Aufzucht frühgeborener Kinder im Basler Kinderspital und deren Ergebnisse von 1922 bis 1927 mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Frühgeburtenrachitis.

This monograph is divided into two parts. In part I the author writes of the care of the premature infant; the mortality, treating in detail the special causes of death; and morbidity, with details covering dyspepsia, icterus, birth trauma, syphilis, spasmophilia, anemia, grip and secondary intestinal conditions. In part II he deals specifically with rickets as seen in the premature infant. He first writes of the analogy and the differences in the course of rickets in the full term and the premature infant. Following this are chapters covering the relationship in the frequency of rickets as regards birth weight and season; the early diagnosis as related to clinical and roentgenologic observations; the later roentgen diagnosis; serum and urine analysis; and histologic examination, well illustrated by photomicrographs and covering a study of thirty-three premature and twenty-seven full term infants as controls. In the final chapter, treatment and prophylaxis of rickets are