“…Obstetric reports indicate successful control of blood pressure and prevention of convulsions, with little evidence of harm to the newborn (Leinzinger 1969(Leinzinger , 1970Joyce and Kenyon, 1972). There have, however, been reports of hypotonia (Flowers et al, 1969;Rosanelli, 1970;Shannon et al, 1972), low Apgar scores (Flowers et al, 1969), and hypothermia (Owen et al, 1972). Hyperbilirubinaemia was found to be due to the vehicle, sodium benzoate, with which the parenteral preparation was prepared (Schiff et al, 1971).…”