Measurements

[gina100]

My midwife sent me to get an ultrasound at 21 weeks I measured a week earlier so 20 weeks. She said that meant the due date is July 4th but they are Gunna keep it at June 28 because it's only a week difference. But I have been going to my obgyn for about a month or so and when he measures my belly the cm always align with my original weeks. By my belly I'm measuring at 39 cm and I'm 39 weeks and 2 days.( By my original dates)leaving my due date to be June 28th again So I was wondering which one is more accurate or what u guys would think

[Peter Pedant]

thx prof - you are of course quite right
I will get out ma ouija board and contact my dear mum

[my excuse is obvious - it was all such a long time ago....]

oh whilst I am about it - my auld mam said
Oh yes that - wasnt it trialled for puerperal sepsis ? - anyway it turned the patients lobster red -and so they were put in side rooms so that they didnt panic the other patients

she also worked with Chassar Moir and ergometrine

[theprof]

No harm done Peter. As far as the use for puerparal sepsis goes, this is where it gets complicated.

In 1935 in France, a team in the Pasteur Institute discovered that the effectiveness of Prontosil Rubrum was due to a substance called sulfanilamide. The Rubrum part of the name as you can guess, derived from the red azo dye that the the substance was originally derived from. What was happening was that the original azo dye was reduced by the host animal to sulfanilamide. IG Farben, a chemical company, closely involved in the atrocities committed during WWII, played a major part in this research - if you are interested, the Wikipedia article on the company makes grim reading.

Returning to your last post, yes the original in vivo trials of Prontosil Rubrum did indeed turn the patients red because they had effectively ingested the red dye and contemporary reports back up your claim about how these patients were treated.

[theprof]

Sorry, I should have made clear that I was referring to experimental treatment of bacterial sepsis in the above post.

Your mum was clearly involved with some of the pioneering medical practioners of the time and we all need to respect the contributions made to modern medicine by your mum and others.