The Rise of Fetal and Neonatal Physiology

Introduction.- A Scientific Genealogy: Early Development of Fetal-Neonatal Research.- Oxford and the Development of Physiology, with Notes on the Nuffield Institute for Medical Research.-  Geoffrey S. Dawes: A Life in Science.- Fetal Asphyxia and The Primate Colony in Puerto Rico.-  The Pulmonary Vasculature and Dawes' Foetal and Neonatal Physiology.- Embryology and Early Developmental Physiology.- Some Aspects of the Physiology of the Placenta.-  Some Aspects of Endocrinology of the Placenta.- Maternal Physiology of Pregnancy.- Maternal Complications of Pregnancy that Affect Fetal/Newborn Development.- Fetal Growth and its Restriction.-  Fetal-Neonatal Growth and Metabolism.- Fetal Growth Restriction at High Altitude: Clinical Observations.- Fetal Growth Restriction at High Altitude: Basic Cellular and Subcellular Physiologic Considerations.- Epigenetics and the Fetal Origins of Adult Health and Disease.- Some Aspects of the Developing Brain and Nervous System.- Related Developments in Fetal and Neonatal Endocrinology.- Further Developments in Fetal and Neonatal Physiology.- Additional Clinical Aspects of Developmental Physiology and Clinical Care.- Governmental Support of Research in Fetal and Newborn Physiology.- Bioethical Issues in Research on the Fetus and Newborn Infant.- Textbooks, Monographs and other Volumes on Fetal and Newborn Physiology.- Fetal "Breathing" in the 1970s, and Fetal Heart Rate Analysis in the 1980s and Early 1990s.- Dawes' Contributions to Symposia and a Summing Up.- Dawes as a Mentor: Reminisces of Former Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fe Early Years of The Society for Reproductive Investigation (formerly Society for Gynecologic Investigation), the Fetal and Neonatal Physiological Society, and Several Other Groups.- The Reproductive Scientist Development Program and Related Programs.- Epilogue.- Bibliography of Geoffrey S. Dawes.

Lawrence P. Longo (1926-2016)

Formerly at Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Center for Perinatal Biology, Loma Linda, CA, USA

"This is the second edition of a historical book first published in 2013 to document the contributions of several key researchers and clinicians to the advancement of knowledge in the field of perinatal medicine. ... The purpose is to give clinicians, researchers, and historians a personal view of how much of the science in this field was developed ... . this book would be of interest to anyone curious about the research and development of this field." (Jay P. Goldsmith,Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2018)