The Rise of Fetal and Neonatal Physiology

Lawrence P. Longo (1926-2016) Formerly at Loma Linda University School of Medicine,  Center for Perinatal Biology, Loma Linda, CA, USA

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 S

ystem.- 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.

“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)