Neonatology--then and now. Plasma volume changes in the newborn (1958/59).

In 1952, Gairdner and his colleagues drew attention to the fact that there was a consistent rise in the haemoglobin of the newborn immedi- ately after birth. Later they went on to challenge the theory current at the time that this rise was due to transfer of blood from the placenta and the summary of the first of these papers begins: 'Immediately after birth there is a rise in concentration of haemoglobin and PCV