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The Influence of Ethyl Alcohol on the Development of the Chondrocranium of Gallus gallus

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Authors:
  1. Marise Heyns

    1. Department of Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, Republic of South Africa

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Part of the book series: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology (ADVSANAT, volume 134)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-4

  3. Material and Technique

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    Pages 5-8

  4. Description of the Normal Stages of Early Development

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    Pages 9-45

  5. Description of the Experimental Stages of Early Development

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    Pages 46-99

  6. Résumé and Discussion

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    Pages 100-116

  7. Summary and Comparison with Results of Vorster (1989)

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    Pages 117-120

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 121-127
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According to Jones and Smith (1973) the potential adverse effect of maternal alcoholism on the development of the offspring has been referred to in early Greek and Roman mythology. In a Carthaginian ritual, the bridal couple was forbidden to drink wine on their wedding night in order that defective children might not be conceived (Haggard and Jellinek 1942). Also, according to lones and Smith (1973,1975), the British House of Commons indicated in 1834, in a report by a select committee investigating drunk­ enness, that infants born to alcoholic mothers sometimes had a starved, shrivelled and imperfect look. According to Librizzi (1982) the first documented observations appeared in 1849 with the publication of the essay by Carpenter entitled "The Use and Abuse of Alcoholic Liquors in Health and Disease". He stated that habitual intemperance is the most potent of all causes of insanity because it aggravates the operation in other causes. Sullivan (1990) recorded increased abortion and stillbirth rates among chronically al­ coholic mothers in a Liverpool prison and an increased incidence of epilepsy in their surviving offspring. Various investigators including Ladraque (1901), Roe (1944). Le­ comte (1950), Christiaens et al. (1960) and Lemoine et al. (1967) have since then reported increased incidence of abnormalities and decreased weight of surviving children born to chronic alcoholic mothers.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, Republic of South Africa

    Marise Heyns

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Influence of Ethyl Alcohol on the Development of the Chondrocranium of Gallus gallus

  • Authors: Marise Heyns

  • Series Title: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60555-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-61709-9Published: 13 December 1996

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-60555-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0301-5556

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-7065

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 128

  • Number of Illustrations: 68 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Neurosciences, Cell Biology

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