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In the 19th century the occurrence of ophthalmia neonatorum had reached alarming rates in the maternity wards not only of Europe but also across Canada. The impact of this blinding ocular infection on Canadian medicine from 1872 to 1985 is examined through a review of 80 medical journals, books, and lay press articles of that period. The prophylactic and therapeutic use of 2% silver nitrate introduced by Credé in 1880 to prevent neonatal blindness is reviewed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe authors review current views on the treatment of acute rhinitis (AR) in infants and present their experience in AR treatment of 30 infants aged from 3 days to 1 year. Combined treatment with Physiomer baby quickly eradicated inflammation. The drug eliminates crusts and nasal discharge allowing application of other medication on a clear surface of nasal mucosa.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBristol Med Chir J (1883)
December 1903
Registrar and Pathologist to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Women, Bristol. (From the Bacteriological Research Laboratory, University College, Bristol.).
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