Show hospital to brand babies with sun lamp newark N J beth israel hospital newark adopted an entirely new system for the identification of babies born in the institution A few minutes after the child has been born a sten ell all containing the initials of the moth er will be placed on un an arm of both the mother and child and will be sunburned onto the skin by exposure to an ultraviolet ray lamp the hospital considers the method a perfectly harmless and satisfactory scheme schema the slightly red initials will remain visible for ten days and if the patients are placed in a dark room the letters may be detected for several weeks longer dr paul keller of the hospital staff developer the system |