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The text is a reconstruction of the relationships between Max Ernst and Paul Eluard. Eluard with his wife Gala hosted the painter in the first part of the Twenties and during that time Ernst realized an entire cycle of mural paintings of the wall of the house, in Eaubonne, around Paris. After a lot of time the daughter of Paul Eluard and Gala has detached the paintings, that have been sold in singular parts. Now, some of them have been presented in the exhibition dedicated to the artist in Milan. The text concerns the importance of these paintings, for their subjects and for the relationships between the artist and the poet, in the definition of Surrealism.

Schedatura scientifica della tavola raffigurante il "Mantello di piume Tupinambà" contenuta nel codice con disegni del museo Settala, realizzata con tempera ed acquerello, china su carta. Il codice riferibile per esecuzione all'ambito milanese tra 1650-1664 ca. è attualmente conservato presso la Biblioteca Ambrosiana di Milano.

Schedatura scientifica della tavola incisa raffigurante una Veduta del museo Settala inserita nel volume di P. M. Terzago e P. Francesco Scarabelli "Museo o Galeria adunata dal sapere e dallo studio del sig. Manfresdo Settala" stampato a Tortona nel 1666. Disegnatore e incisore ne è stato l'artista milanese Cesare Fiori (1636 ca.-1702)

Schedatura scientifica dell'incisione a bulino e acquaforte realizzata da Adriaen Haelwegh (Olanda 1637-?) da un disegno di Justus Sustermans e raffigurante il ritratto del marchese Ferdinando Cospi (Bologna 1606-1686).

Schedatura scientifica dell'incisione all'acquaforte raffigurante lo scienziato e collezionista milanese Manfredo Settala (1600-1680) realizzata da Cesare Fiori (disegnatore) e Giovanni Battista Bonacina (incisore) intorno al 1680, attualmente conservata presso la Civica Raccolta di Stampe A. Bertarelli di Milano.

Schedatura scientifica dell'incisione all'acquaforte raffigurante il catafalco funebre eretto per le esequie di Manfredo Settala scienziato e collezionista milanese, tenutesi presso la basilica di San Nazaro. Esecutore è il pittore Cesare Fiori (Milano, 1636 ca.-1702).

All'interno della disamina offerta dalla mostra sulle raccolte enciclopediche italiane tra Cinque e Seicento si offre una ricostruzione storica della collezione del milanese Manfredo Settala (1600-1680), rivolgendo particolare attenzione alla sua formazione culturale ed ai rapporti intessuti con altri studiosi e scienziati della penisola con particolare riferimento ai centri della Toscana granducale

To verify in the preterm newborn the hypothesis, recently proposed by some authors, of an hepatosynthetic deficiency, blood fibrinogen (FIB), prothrombin time (PT) and albumin (ALB) levels at birth were studied in 44 neonates, selected to obtain 4 groups of the same number and gestational age, different only for the presence of intrauterine growth retard and preeclampsia during pregnancy. In the newborns born of preeclamptic pregnancies, FIB, PT and ALB blood levels at birth resulted lower, but not significantly, than in those born of normal pregnancies; in SGA newborns the values (except for albumin) resulted significantly lower than in AGA newborns (FIB = 168 +/- 63 mg/dl vs 223 +/- 55 mg/dl; p < 0.01; PT = 51 +/- 15% vs 71 +/- 19%; p < 0.001). Besides, PT values resulted significantly lower (p < 0.01), in presence of normal pregnancy, in SGA than in AGA newborns, while FIB values resulted significantly lower (p < 0.01), in presence of preeclampsia, in SGA than in AGA newborns. It seems that, in preterm newborn, the intrauterine growth retard, rather than preeclampsia, would condition lower blood levels of the examined seric proteins. These results could be explained by hypothesizing, in the SGA preterm newborn, 3 possible etiopathogenetic mechanisms: 1) increased turnover of hepatosynthetized seric proteins, such as albumin; 2) deficiency of liver enzymes involved in proteic synthesis, already demonstrated for some coagulation factors; 3) diminished amino acidic substratum, necessary for proteic hepatosynthesis, caused by poor amino acidic passage through placenta, possible in presence of intrauterine growth retard. This would probably be the most important mechanism in causing low levels of the examined seric proteins.

In this paper the Authors report their personal experience of the use of exchange transfusion, secondary to classic indication, in the treatment of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, in order to: 1) determine the trend over the past wears in the number of exchange transfused neonates, both from a global point of view and in relation to indications; 2) critically assess the risks, in terms of complications and mortality, correlated to exchange transfusion. Four hundred and eighty-eight neonates, who were subjected to 693 exchange transfusions in the Pediatric Clinic and Neonatal Division of the Policlinico Gemelli in Roma, were studied over a period of 15 years (1972-1986), according to the following indications: 214 cases of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia with MEN-Rh, 106 cases of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia with MEN-ABO and 168 cases of idiopathic hyperbilirubinemia. The total number of exchange transfused neonates decreased drastically from 304 in the period 1972-76 to 65 in the period 1982-86. The frequency of exchange transfused neonates because of idiopathic hyperbilirubinemia decreased significantly (p greater than 0.001), booth in comparison to the number of live births and in comparison to the number of exchange transfused neonates, probably due to the gradual introduction of phototherapy. The frequency of exchange transfused neonates with iso-Rh and iso-ABO decreased or remained stationary on account of the confirmed relative lesser efficacy of phototherapy on hemolytic jaundice. With regard to mortality and morbidity, 27 out of 488 neonates died during the neonatal period, but only 4 within six hours of exchange transfusion; the majority of those who died had a reduced gestational age and low birthweight, and were affected by a severe associated pathology.