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PART PLAYED BY INSULIN
HEALTHY CHILDREN BORN TO DIABETIC WOMEN
PA WELLINGTON, Feb. 17. Because of the drug insulin, New Zealand today has many healthy young citizens who would probably not have survived delivery some years ago. The part the drug has played in allowing diabetic women a good expectancy of motherhood was discussed during the BMA (New Zealand branch) conference, which finished in Wellington today. Before the advent of insulin in 1921, it was stated, women had little chance of becoming mothers if they were diabetics. Their fertility was low, and if they did.become pregnant they were in constant danger. Their children were frequently stillborn. Insulin had changed all that. It had increased fertility in women with diabetics, and the recent development of its use in diet, combined in some instances with sex hormones, had brought many more live babies into the world. Throughout pregnancy in such cases, constant attention from and co-operation between the obstetrician and the physician was' necessary. In addition, Caesarean delivery was strongly advocated. Papers on the subject were read to the conference' by Drs T. R. Plunkett and W. E. Henley, of Auckland.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27318, 18 February 1950, Page 6
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