The African child

Twin Pregnancy in the African

“…In only one of the six cases of macerated foetus was the patient suffering from a syphilitic infection. Jelliffe (1952) believes the incidence of congenital abnormalities to be about the same in the African as in the European, and that is the experience in this hospital. There seems to be no reason, apart from chance, for the smaller incidence of congenital abnormalities in this series.…”