Sherman and Ruth: Eclampsia : Maternity Hospital, p. 140.
A Review
of 173 Cases Studied
at St. Louis
During the period from lY% to 1951, l&5 cases fulfilling the criteria for tlrc diagnosis of eclanlpsia were seen at the St. Louis Maternity liuspital. Five cases of eclxmpsin superimposed on existing hypertrllsion or chronic ~Jolllerlllonepllritis are excluded fr,,r,l tl,,, series. There were 3 instances of “rclampsia wit haul ronvnlsiorl.” The inciilenw, n~ortalit,y, treatment, iind prognosis of these casts are tal)ulatrtl all11 (li?;cllssed. The allthor,q collclnde that the most nnportant. lesson gainetl from this study is the advantage cl-f C.,,n.