Amos Christie

The Vanderbilt cooperative study of maternal and infant nutrition. VI. Relationship of obstetric performance to nutrition.

Abstract 1. 1. The nutriture of 2,046 obstetric patients who attended the Vanderbilt University Hospital between 1945 and 1950 has been evaluated on the basis of nutrient intake, laboratory and biochemical determinations, and clinical physical examinations. 2. 2. The metabolic and physiologic changes in these during the gestational period have been outlined. 3. 3. Twenty-five abnormal obstetric and fetal conditions have been examined for evidence of nutritional stigmas during the gestational period. 4. 4. Different levels of nutrient intake have been studied for any influence on the development of obstetric and fetal abnormalities. 5. 5. In this group of patients who are reasonably representative of wide-spread obstetric experience in the United States, there is no clear indietment of nutritional lack as an important etiological agent in the numerous conditions studied. 6. 6. The findings to direct attention to the effect of pregnancy and lactation upon the nutritional state of the woman, particularly during the postpartum period or when an obstetric complication occurs.

The vanderbilt cooperative study of maternal and infant nutrition

Abstract 1. 1. A brief outline of the purpose and plan of the Vanderbilt Cooperative Study of Maternal and Infant Nutrition is given. 2. 2. The sample is 2,046 patients who had their complete prenatal and obstetric care at the Vanderbilt University Hospital. This is the total available material from 1945 to 1950. 3. 3. The economic status of these patients was in the low to moderate income range. 4. 4. The results of the prenatal and obstetric course of the 2,046 patients are reported, with comparison with generally accepted textbook incidences and also with incidences in representative previous nutritional studies.

Acute Disseminated (Non-Lipid) Reticuloendotheliosis

In several publications Wallgren has dealt with problems related to storage diseases. In 1940 he advanced the idea that the so‐called acute reticulo‐endotheliosis bears close relationship to Schüller‐Hand‐Christians disease and that these two maladies represent only different types of one and the same underlying disturbance. Since then this idea has gained wider acceptance. The eosinophilic granuloma has also become incorporated in the same syndrome. In the following paper some of the inherent problems are discussed in a clinical conference at the Vanderbilt Pediatric Clinic.

Immunization methods and materials

Summary This report concerns materials and methods commonly employed in establishing immunity to diseases for which we can provide specific protection on a practical basis. Because of the recent introduction of new vaccines, a modification of the commonly accepted immunization schedule is proposed.

Lessons From Childhood: Some Aspects of the Early Life of Unusual Men and Women.

The influence of heredity vs environment in child rearing is an old undergraduate argument. It has been revived in a new and most interesting book. The distinguished authors are pediatricians. They never apologize for their interest, indeed dedication to studies of normal growth and development. They have written about the way children grow up, particularly in behavior and personality as it pertains to accomplishment later in life. The book is not biographical in its content although it contains in short flashback sketches, information regarding the effects that early home and school management and their environment have had on eventual development of unusual talents. The authors particularly concern themselves in the early signs of genius. They have reviewed these influences in the lives of 450 men and women, most famous, some infamous. The book will be of particular interest to parents, to teachers, as well as to pediatricians. In places