CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE IN THE NEW-BORN

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Abstract
The data relative to cerebrospinal fluid pressure in the new-born presented in this paper have been accumulated during the past seven years. They have been compiled from a series of 117 cases of cranial and intracranial injury. Fifty-six of the babies included in this series died while in the hospital. Of these, forty-five came to autopsy, the postmortem material being subjected to both gross and microscopic examination in twenty-three instances. Fifty-eight patients were discharged relieved. Of these, forty-eight were followed for from less than six months to more than six years. Three were duplicate entries. A detailed study of the end-results in these cases has been presented before the Southern Surgical Association1 and need not be considered further at this time. METHODS OF MEASUREMENT Measurements of cerebrospinal fluid pressure were made during ventricular and lumbar punctures. A mercury manometer was used in every instance. The lowest figure read on

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