CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. FOREWORD V
3. PREFACE TO THE SYMPOSIUM VII
4. CONTENTS IX
5. CONTRIBUTORS XI
6. IRON AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICINE 1
7. AN OUTLINE OF IRON METABOLISM 5
8. IRON TRANSPORTATION 8
9. FERRITIN 24
10. IRON KINETICS 43
11. IRON TRANSPORT TO THE FETUS IN MAN 58
12. THE ABSORPTION OF IRON IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN 65
13. PHARMACOLOGY OF PARENTERAL IRON PREPARATIONS 74
14. ACUTE IRON TOXICITY 93
15. HEMOSIDEROSIS AND HEMOCHROMATOSIS, I. 105
16. HEMOSIDEROSIS AND HEMOCHROMATOSIS, II. 115
17. DISCUSSION OF HEMOSIDEROSIS AND HEMOCHROMATOSIS, III. 131
18. ETIOLOGY OF IRON-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA 133
19. THE TREATMENT OF IRON-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA 144
20. THE IRON-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA OF PREGNANCY 153
21. PARENTERAL IRON IN PREGNANCY 161
22. PARENTERAL IRON IN OBSTETRICS 172
23. STUDIES OF IRON REQUIREMENTS IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN 183
24. STUDIES ON THE ANEMIA OF PREMATURITY 204
25. TREATMENT OF IRON-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA IN CHILDHOOD WITH INTRAMUSCULAR IRON-DEXTRAN 219
26. ALTERATIONS IN IRON METABOLISM SECONDARY TO VITAMIN B₆ AND VITAMIN B₁₂ ABNORMALITIES 227
27. THE ROLE OF COPPER IN ERYTHROPOIESIS 251
28. THE ANEMIA OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS 261
29. DISCUSSION 278