. The literary digest. his patriotic and humane personthat the holocaust among prematurely-born infants would belargely diminished if the helpless atoms could only be kept suffi-ciently warm. Accordingly, in 1S91, he invented his couveuse,or modified incubator. The success attending this new departurein infant-life preservation has been surprising. Formerly, as the London Lancet remarks, no very seriousefforts were made to prolong the ephemeral existence of theseunwelcome little strangers. They were rather hopelessly allowedto pine away and die, under the impression that they could notpossibly
. The literary digest. his patriotic and humane personthat the holocaust among prematurely-born infants would belargely diminished if the helpless atoms could only be kept suffi-ciently warm. Accordingly, in 1S91, he invented his couveuse,or modified incubator. The success attending this new departurein infant-life preservation has been surprising. Formerly, as the London Lancet remarks, no very seriousefforts were made to prolong the ephemeral existence of theseunwelcome little strangers. They were rather hopelessly allowedto pine away and die, under the impression that they could notpossibly survive ; but human life has of late become so valuablein France that no breathing waif need now be abandoned as anirretrievable derelict. The pictures that accompany the article show the workings ofthe system in New York, where it has been very successful. Ofthe incubator itself the editor says : The Lion incubator is composed of a parallelopiped of metal,standing upon iron supports. It can be disinfected without de-. ENTRANCE TO THE LION , NEW YORK CITY terioration by means of a steam-stove under pressure. Ventila-tion is obtained by means of a tube of about three inches in diam-eter, with a chimney of the same size. A screw placed on the topindicates by its rotation the strength of the current of air. Thefront of the incubator is fitted with a glass window, throughwhich the child maybe seen, while on the left is another glasswindow, which enables the mother or nurse to attend to the wantsof the infant and, if necessary, to remove it. The baby is laid ina metallic hammock, placed in the center of the incubator, thusenabling the warm air to circulate freely about it. A thermome-ter placed at the level of the infants head regulates the workingof the apparatus. The heating is effected by means of a siphonthrough which the hot water circulates and which communicateswith a reservoir at its side. A special system of pipes allows theair to pass directly from the exterior
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