It seems only yesterday that the fetus in utero accurately parameters of uterine activity, and they and the uterine environment were almost complete- taught a systematic approach to the clinician's understanding of uterine physiology. Their work ly shrouded in mystery. The gender of the child was spread extremely rapidly' beyond the boundaries principally a matter of sheer speculation. Its size of their native Uruguay. The last 30 years have was estimated by abdominal palpation with notori- seen a quantum leap in our understanding of fetal ous lack of accuracy. The growth pattern of the and...