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Show n,ivt-sn"ami mil -a inyy.yiif jifr. eUviiT"iiYniVMiArirorM j Tins I.l von of Infanto Prosorvort ' by Artificial Moaijo. Scleneo'a finlmlltuta for hnturo Ilolnn ' Wontlera for l'rrtuatnrely Horn i urallnss In New York City. "Ho was Incubated," Iho proud moth-' cr of ROino fjreat man of tho tuttiro w IU i say of her bou. 1'ov the baby Incubator I i ti success nnd hns coma to stay. Tho ' doctors declnro thut Incubators have already lieen tho means of x.ivlnf the lives of ono hundrod Infants In New ' York. In fnct, Iho new-born buby who I under old-fashloncd melhods has no chnueo of living, now, If put Into n j Incubator, In-cubator, stands nlxmt an uveu chance ' of beooinlng n healthy, crowing young-1 Rter. Haby Incubatora aro now in uso in two hospitals In the city. A cozier placo for rt baby could not bo Ima.ilnetl, says tho New York World. Hero llio embryo citizens halo every opportunity tho world affords to hold on to life and to grow healthy and strong, while In tho tenements where their parents llvo thu lives of the frail llttlo things would havo been snuffed out In less than n day after they llrst saw tho light. Tlio incubator is lined only for pre-mnlurely-born babies and for babies which nro so weak that tho wise young woman doctors nro pretty suro they will die if left in tho open nlr. Strangely Strange-ly enough, the lncubiitor h shaped something liko ti colli u, while Its particular par-ticular ulm Is to keep bnblcs out of coffins. cof-fins. Thcro nro two kinds of baby Incubators, In-cubators, and they differ somcwluit In construction. The babies nro taken out of tho IncubatorA nt the Maternity hospital hos-pital to get their nourishment directly from their mothers, who llvo In tliu building; but the mother In tho Post-(Iraduntc Post-(Iraduntc hospital may not seo her ott-spring" ott-spring" from ono week's end to another. an-other. Therefore tho youngster must bo foil by artificial menus, and, after much experiment and study, tho doctors havo completed nn Incubator by means of which thu baby In nourished without being removed from Its suug llttlo nest. Tho moment a baby for tho Incubator arrives ut tho Maternity hospital the whlte'-cappcd nurses nnd tho doctors gnth.M- nbout tho llttlo wooden Ikix, which rests upon n stand some three or four feet high, llnby Is swathed very carefully In wnrtn clothes, und Is thun weighed, clothes and nil, before hu Is laid Inside, and the glavs cover Is placed over him. Underneath the board upon which thu llttlo mlto rests aro three bottles that nro kept constantly full of hut water. Tho nlr passing In from liclow (lows over Uicms und through nn opening open-ing iu tho iKinrd Into tlio uhumlx r where tho infant Is. A thermometer keeps tho attendant continually Informed In-formed as to tho temperature, nnd n little aluminum anenoinotc lu the small chimney througii which tho nil oscnnes. nnd which furnbhis the ilrnuo-ht that keens tho baliV btlMili'U with fresh nlr, always Indicates whether wheth-er nr not tho circulation of tho ulr Is good. T'uo weight in a very Important mnt-tcr. mnt-tcr. Ono baby In the Incubator Is weighed every day. A healthy baby should show n slight diurnal Ipcrcaro In weight, and If tho doctors find that tho diinlnutlvo patient la not growing hci.""lcr they seek rcmidles for Ills in-dlsosltlon. in-dlsosltlon. This Is tho truest method they hnvo of ascertaining the baby's progress, und thcroforo tho greatest care Is taken that its clothes Bhall always al-ways bo of the snmo weight, us two or tin eo ounces Is a considerable Increase for a young man or woman whoso aggregate ag-gregate weight Is only six, seven or eight pounds. Atiout seventy per cent, of tho "Incubated" babies have lived, and nt least fifty pur cent, of these would havo died but for tho Incubator. The incubator which will bo lu the babies' ward of tho new building of tho Post-Oraduato hospital Is n great Improvement Im-provement ou that at tho Maternity hospital, although It lacks the sentimental senti-mental surroundings of tho ono Iu charge of tho young woman doctors. Tho Incubator Is sot uikhi bicycle wheels, stilt may bo moved about whenever when-ever desired. Tho fresh nlr is heated by passing lictwecti two strata of hot water, rises up both ut the head nml tho foot of the mattress and Is kept in motion by an ulumlnum fan run by clockwork, thus preventing any (kissI-blllty (kissI-blllty of tho llttlo patient's suffering for want of nlr. There Is also a tube for tho supply of oxygen, liberal quantities quan-tities of which nro good for babies who aro hanging on to life by the merest thread, and It Is believed this Improvement Improve-ment will save u great many lives that would hnvo been lost iu the old Incubator. Hy means of a clever mechanical device de-vice tho weight of tho baby Is always registered, so that tho physician may discover tho slightest variation at anytime. any-time. Infants nro subject to tubercular diseases, which develop before the doctor doc-tor knows what Is tho matter. Of course, tho Incubator must bo opened In order to feed thu baby Its artificial food, but by means of a deft sliding of the covers tho entrance of nny cold nlr from tho outsldo Is prevented. Tho temperature of tho Inside of tho Incubator Incu-bator Is kopt ns near ninety-eight degrees de-grees ns possible. Tho Post-Oraduato hospital gets moro subjects for Incubators than tho Maternity Ma-ternity hospital, and tho task nf bringing bring-ing tho llttlo ones by slow stages to vigor and health Is tho moro dllllciilt iH'causo tho mothers aro not present to tuirso them. Tho learned doctors of this institution huvo literally snatched Ufo from tho Jaws of death on moro than ono occasion. Hr.KvlTV to writing Is what charity is to all other virtues; righteousness is nothing without tho one, nor authorship author-ship without tho other. Sydney Smith. Iris said thut Archibald Claverlng (luntcrwus refused admission to tho Authors' club In New- York oq tho ground that "Mr. Humes of Now York" Is not literature. |