• neonatal jaundice

This monograph is a useful summary of the problem of significant hyperbilirubinaemia in the neonate with full description of the biochemical and pathophysiological aspects of the condition. Each of the subjects is also dealt with from a historical perspective, which provides considerable interest. I was particularly interested to note that the first ever exchange transfusion performed on a jaundiced child (five previous children had died of bilirubin toxicity) is …