| Show Pre-Birth Pre Treatment Saves Lives One of the most striking ad advances advances advances ad- ad vances of medical science aswell as aswell aswell well as one of the of-the the newest Is the treatment of the unborn baby while It is still in the uterus JUST THREE years ago aNew Zealand physician gave an unborn un unborn unborn un- un born baby a blood transfusion for the first time in medical his his- tory Since then some babies have been s saved ved who would otherwise otherwise otherwise oth oth- have died But many babies were lost despite the transfusions be because because because be- be cause they were delivered pre pre- maturely They were not strong enough to survive NOW HOWEVER the technique technique technique tech tech- has been refined enough to permit multiple transfusions of the fetus so that it can be carried to full term in increasing increasing increasing in- in creasing its chances of sur sur- vival Dr Bernard Mandelbaum 1 of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Wayne State University School of Medicine reported at a recent medical meeting that he has transfused 70 babies whose chances of survival without the multiple transfusions would have been slight THE PHYSICIAN reports that one of every three infants survived survived survived sur sur- a higher proportion than heretofore achieved |
