Infant-feeding in its relation to health and disease, by Louis Fischer; containing 54 illustrations, with 24 charts and tables, mostly original . he rest was unknown. Seven were deliveredby forceps; 2 by a version; 1 by accouchement force; 1by Caesarean section, and the ectopic gestation by a lapa-rotomy; 12 were slightly asphyxiated at birth; 9 mod-erately so, and 5 deeply asphyxiated; 2, after one anda half hours work of resuscitation, were put in the in-cubator head downward, and their condition was so poorthat they were expected soon to die, but they left thehospital gaining in weight; 5 w
Infant-feeding in its relation to health and disease, by Louis Fischer; containing 54 illustrations, with 24 charts and tables, mostly original . he rest was unknown. Seven were deliveredby forceps; 2 by a version; 1 by accouchement force; 1by Caesarean section, and the ectopic gestation by a lapa-rotomy; 12 were slightly asphyxiated at birth; 9 mod-erately so, and 5 deeply asphyxiated; 2, after one anda half hours work of resuscitation, were put in the in-cubator head downward, and their condition was so poorthat they were expected soon to die, but they left thehospital gaining in weight; 5 weighed less than 3 pounds;38 between 3 and 4 pounds; 33 between 4 and 5 pounds;1 over 5 pounds; the average weight was 3 12/16 their incubator-life 28 had one or more attacksof atelectasis. All but 10 were more or less initial loss of the infants was from 1 to 17 1/2 ounces;the average was 7 ounces. These figures are not quite FEEDING OF INFANTS IN INCUBATORS. 201 correct, as the babies were weighed at different intervals,some on the fifth day, some on the seventh day, andothers not till the fourteenth day. tSRl. Fig. 38. 202 INFANT-FEEDING. The period of loss was from five to twenty-two days,the average, eleven days; 10 lost steadily till death; onebaby was in the incubator only three days, while anotherlived there eighty-two days. The average time was nine-teen days. Some were removed early to make room forothers who needed the place more urgently. Only 3 of the 77 cases vomited. The stools werenormal in 32. One was discharged from the hospital as early as theeleventh day, and others also too soon at their mothersdemand. One was 89 days old; the average was 24 days. In 16 diluted breast-milk was supplemented, at times,with a mixture of cows milk and water, with Russiangelatin and lactose. In 10 a 1, 6, modification wasused. In all the rest diluted breast-milk was relied never nursed at the breast; of these, 12died. A few nurs
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