Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Perinatal Profiles: Dr Julius Hess and His Incubator
• Perinatal Profiles: William Little and Cerebral Palsy
• Perinatal Profiles: Ian Donald and Obstetric Diagnostic Ultrasound
• Perinatal Profiles: Childbed Fever and IgnÁc FÜlÖp Semmelweis
• Perinatal Profiles: Sir Joseph Barcroft: The 20th Century’s Renaissance Perinatal Physiologist
• Perinatal Profiles: Geoffrey S. Dawes: A Neonatologist’s Appreciation
• Perinatal Profiles: Robert McCance and Elsie Widdowson: Pioneers in Neonatal Science
• Perinatal Profiles: Alexandre Minkowski: Founder of “Biology of the Neonate”
• Perinatal Profiles: Clem Smith: A Gentle Gardener
• Perinatal Profiles: Roberto Caldeyro-Barcia: Obstetric Physiologist Extraordinary
• Perinatal Profiles: Professor John (Johnny) Lind, Neonatology Pioneer
• Perinatal Profiles: John William Ballantyne: Scottish Obstetrician and Prolific Writer
• Perinatal Profiles: Pierre Budin: The Fight Against Maternal and Infant Mortality
• Perinatal Profiles: Jim Farquhar and Infants of Diabetic Mothers
• Perinatal Profiles: Bill Kitchen and Very Low-birthweight Infants
• Perinatal Profiles: Dr Colette Dreyfus-Brisac: Development of Brain Electrocortical Activity
• Perinatal Profiles: Arvo YlppÖ: Little Big Man
• Perinatal Profiles: Klaus Riegel: A Swabian “Someone”
• Perinatal Profiles: Bengt Robertson: A Pioneer of Surfactant Research
• Perinatal Profiles: Bent Friis-Hansen: A Danish Pioneer of Neonatology
• Perinatal Profiles: Cathy Cropley, RN, MS: A Partner in Developing NRP
• Perinatal Profiles: Martin Couney and Newborn Infant Sideshows
• Pioneer Women in Neonatology: Part 1: 1870-1945
• Pioneer Women in Neonatology: Part 2: 1945-1960
• Pioneer Women in Neonatology: Part 3: The Roaring Sixties (1960-1980)
• Perinatal Profiles: Élie Metchnikoff: Probiotic Pioneer
• Index

About the Author

The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 67,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. The AAP is the largest pediatric publisher in the world, with a diverse list of resources that includes essential clinical and practice management titles and award-winning books for parents.

Reviews

This unique historical book really has no comparisons. This unique collection gives readers much more insight and perspective about the people who formed the basis of the speciality and on whose shoulders we stand." — Jay P. Goldsmith, MD, Tulane University School of Medicine