Eclampsia based on the materials of the obstetric and gynecological clinic of the Belarusian Medical Institute in 11 years (1925-36)

The issue of eclampsia has been discussed by many authors for a number of years and has not yet left the press. There are various theories of the pathogenesis of this disease, the theory of fetal exchange; placental theory based on the inclusion of the placenta in the endocrine gland system; the theory of dysfunction of the endocrine system, causing a violation of cellular metabolism (Arkhangelsky); a hypothesis about the connection of eclampsia with a disorder of internal secretion of the endocrine glands, mainly of the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland and the thyroid gland (Küstner, Heim, etc.) - cited from Gruzdev).