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Too much vitamin I) during pregnancy can cause excess calcium m the baby, a condition which may be related to defects of the heart and bones as well as to mental retardation.

Using nose drops is not generally recognized as "taking drugs " Yet nose drops which are powerful enough to contract the blood vessels of the nose may also be strong enough to contract the blood vessels of the placenta and placental bed, reducing the oxygen and nutrition the fetus deceives.

Many drugs-, whether they have been available for a long time or are new developments, have great merit as aids to human health and comfort. Dr Apgar admits.

"But before we take or freely prescribe any chemical, new or old, it behooves all of us—doctors, laymen and. especially potential parents—to consider first what the ultimate cost might be to future generations "

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