...Oxford University Press The unique nature of neonatal skin and its physiology is described in this chapter. Suitable emollients for use in the newborn are advised and a table of topical medicaments to be avoided and their side effects provided. Various birthmarks and transient benign neonatal...

... a misfortune rather than a crime, sparing maternal life and honour. In the 17th century, Fienus, Descartes, Helmont, and others developed sophisticated theories on its alleged mechanism. Systemic skin disease was related to visual impressions, local birthmarks to desires and touching her own body...