The dependence of fetal development on the duration of the mother's menstrual period

Abstract

The rather old (1882) observation of Guzzi, who observed that the weight and length of newborns are directly proportional to the number of days of the mother's menstrual period, has lately again attracted the attention of researchers. Thus Revelli on 2500 cases, and Szenes and Mondré on 739 cases could generally confirm Guzzi's data, while La Tarke, on the contrary, came to negative data. Our work was already finished when Dr. Agabekov reported, who, on the basis of 462 cases, also adheres to the opinion of Guzzi.

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