A Clinico‐Pathological Study of 2,000 Necropsies

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Summary: The necropsy findings on 2,000 infants dying in the serinatal period and examined in the pathology department of the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, are described.The over‐all findings are similar to those of Butler and Bonham (1963) in the Perinatal Mortality Survey in Britain.In the study of such perinatal deaths it is essential that a careful anatomical dissection be carried out and the need for bacteriological and virological study is emphasised. The lungs in particular must always be examined histologically, but a full histological survey is also desirable since this will bring to light many unsuspected features. Iso‐immunisation and premature labour appear fertile fields for the improvement of perinated wastage figures.