Dr. Eugene G. Weinberg - A Child's Cry: A Clue to Diagnosis

Dr. Eugene G. Weinberg - A Child's Cry: A Clue to Diagnosis

released on LP in 1971

This is one of the weirdest records I've ever heard. It certainly is among the top 1% of the weirdest, most frightening and most awesome LPs in my collection. As one can figure out, this is a collection of recorded sounds of children (mainly infants) crying. The cries differ by the various illnesses and diseases that the children are afflicted with. I'm not sure this is something that would be played during parties, gatherings of friends and family, or romantic moments, but then again you never know. I'm sure this record has been helpful to other pediatricians and medical professionals. Why else would something like have been released, right?

This was put out by Phizer which is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies or to be more specific Phizer Laboratories Division. The image below this paragraph is actually the back cover which is advertising one of its products which very likely has nothing to do with treating the children recorded.

Here's the liner notes I read that sealed the deal for me to pick up a copy of this LP:

Dr. Eugene G. Weinberg of the Department of Pediatrics, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, has recorded characteristic sounds made by normal children and by those presenting with illnesses or defects. Here are the cries, coughs and sounds of infants and children - each cry or sound associated with either a normal state, a specific illness or a genetic defect. The physician who realizes the importance of his ability to recognize these and other pediatric sounds possesses an extra diagnostic tool of importance.

Now this is the part where I say enjoy.

Tracklisting:

Side I

1. The Cry of a Normal Newborn Baby {1:29}

2. The Cry of a Premature Infant {0:33}

3. The Normal Cries of Hunger, Pain and Contentment {0:55}

4. The Grunting Respiration of an Infant with Hyaline Membrane Disease {1:01}

5. The Sound of Stridor or Croup {0:48}

6. The Cry and Cough of Cystic Fibrosis {1:03}

7. The Soft Cry of an Infant with a Vascular Ring {0:44}

8. The Wheezing, Bronchospastic Sound of Bronchial Asthma {0:24}

9. The Grunting Sound of Severe Pneumonia {0:35}

10. The Cat-Like Cry of Cri-du-Chat or Cat-Cry Syndrome {0:34}

11. The High-Pitched, Laughing Cry of aChild with Microcephaly {0:46}

12. The High-Pitched Cry of a Child with Hydraencephaly {1:08}

13. The Weak Cry of Downs Syndrome or Mongolism {1:05}

14. The Characteristic Sound of Whooping Cough {0:36}

15. The Tremendous Cry of Kwashiorkor {0:42}

Side II

1. The Hoarse Cry of Congenital Hypothyroidism {1:14}

2. The Sound of an Infant with Snuffles {0:44}

3. The Forced, Artificial Psychogenic Cough {1:11}

4. The Persistent Spasmodic Cough of Bronchiolitis {1:36}

5. The Immature Growling Cry of the deLange Syndrome {1:19}

6. The Sea Gull-Like Cry of an Infant with Trisomy-E Syndrome {1:23}

7. The Hoarse, Whispered Voice due to Lipoid Proteinosis {1:21}

8. The Deep Sighing Respiration of Metabolic Acidosis {1:12}

9. The Mature Masculine Voice of Precocious Puberty {2:19}