AN INCUBATOR FOR INFANTS
M. Tarnierj the surgeon of the Maternity Hospital in Paris, struck by the great mortality among infants prematurely born, and those which are very sickly after birth, has conceived the ingenious idea of constructing a box which is almost exactly similar to the incubators used for poultry. This box is divided into two compartments, the lower one being used as a reservoir for hot water, while the infant is placed in the upper one, which is well stuffed at the sides and fitted with a sliding glass over. The temperature is maintained at 86deg. Fahr., and Mr. Tarnier has found that by keeping infants in the incubator for a period varying from two days to six weeks, their vitality is enormously improved. He has made experiments upon five six-months children, six sevenmonths and thirteen eight-months children, and he has only lost four of them, whereas, according to his statement, three-fourths of them would have died but for Ihis adventitious aid to vitality — Lancet.
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 87, 5 April 1883, Page 3
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