The Rhesus Danger—Its Medical, Moral and Legal Aspects

The author of this book writes with understandable bias because two of his children have died from haemolytic disease of the newborn, which is the gravest of the perils of the " Rhesus danger As the book is intended in part for the lay reader, this bias may be the cause of some unnecessary anxiety. The material is divided into two parts. The first section deals ably with the medical background of the Rhesus problem. Since the book is directed towards the lay as well as the professional reader, it is perhaps not sufficiently emphasized that the first Rhesus positive child, born to a Rhesus negative mother, is almost certain to be healthy. It is also by no means inevitable that the second, or even the third, Rhesus positive child will suffer. A good