NEONATOLOGY ON THE WEB

Premature and Congenitally Diseased Infants by Julius H. Hess, M.D. Lea & Febiger Philadelphia and New York 1922

Title page of the 1922 edition of Hess. Click on the thumbnail image at left to view the full-size image.

Preface

Part I - Etiology, Physiology, Pathology

• Chapter 1 - What Constitutes Prematurity in the Infant
• Chapter II - Classification of Prematures
• Chapter III - Physiology
• Chapter IV - Pathological Findings in Prematures

Part II - Nursing and Feeding Care

• Chapter V - Maternal Nursing
• Chapter VI - Wet-Nursing
• Chapter VII - Care and Nursing of Premature Infants
• Chapter VIII - Methods of Feeding
• Chapter IX - Incubators

Part III - General Diseases

• Chapter X - Diseases of the Respiratory Tract
• Chapter XI - Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract
• Chapter XII - Diseases of the Urinary Tract
• Chapter XIII - Diseases of the Nervous System
• Chapter XIV - Sepsis
• Chapter XV - Syphilis
• Chapter XVI - Tuberculosis in Prematures
• Chapter XVII - Edema and Scleredema in Premature Infants
• Chapter XVIII - Diseases Peculiar to Premature Infants

Part IV - The Outlook for the Premature

• Chapter XIX - Prognosis
• Chapter XX - The Future of the Premature Infant