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Surgeries at Boston Hospital Save 87 Infants Before 1951
A historical report details operations at Boston Children's Hospital from 1936 to 1951 on 87 infants surviving major abdominal and congenital anomalies. Dr. Robert E. Gross and Dr. Colin C. Ferguson describe cases including 77 with intestinal obstructions and six underweight babies, noting dramatic physiological changes after birth and the aim to advance surgical techniques for fragile patients.
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Boston Children’s Hospital
Robert E. Gross
College
Colin C. Ferguson
Harvard Medical School
University of Ilinois Hospital
Chicago