| << 4 >> Figure 1 from Gunther (1957) shows activity and weight changes during postnatal placental transfusion. Note that the baby started crying 9 minutes after birth, and that pulsations of the cord continued for 19 minutes after birth. What would the fate of this child have been if the cord had been clamped within the first minute after birth? |
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