Citation

Epstein IM. Am. J. Dis. Child. (1911) 1931; 41(6): 1363-1376.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1931, American Medical Association)

DOI

10.1001/archpedi.1931.01940120100011

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper represents a review of the records of 1,000 consecutive necropsies on children. The causes of death (as determined at these postmortem examinations) and all of the diseases found have been tabulated and are the basis of this report.

No like study has been found in a careful search of the medical literature for the past twenty years. The absence of any similar report concerning children has been an added incentive to such a mass presentation.

The statistics presented in this paper may be of value as they are taken from a comparatively large series and cover a period of years. This makes it possible to avoid, to some extent, the inaccuracies and apparent discrepancies that are present in smaller numbers of consecutive necropsies.