An American text-book of the diseases of children .. . xposed to danger of death from inani-tion, and, as has been stated, from catarrhal pneumonia. The use of theincubator is of especial value in maintaining the circulation in these cases,and favoring the gradual expansion of the lungs if atelectasis be has obtained good results from the permanent hot bath at a tempera-ture of ° to 100° F. every twelve to twenty-four hours. Such children arefed every two hours. The bowels are promptly emp- Fig. 3. tied by rectal has devised a bath-tub for such cases, an
An American text-book of the diseases of children .. . xposed to danger of death from inani-tion, and, as has been stated, from catarrhal pneumonia. The use of theincubator is of especial value in maintaining the circulation in these cases,and favoring the gradual expansion of the lungs if atelectasis be has obtained good results from the permanent hot bath at a tempera-ture of ° to 100° F. every twelve to twenty-four hours. Such children arefed every two hours. The bowels are promptly emp- Fig. 3. tied by rectal has devised a bath-tub for such cases, an illus-tration of which is append-ed. We add also an illus-tration of a modification ofAuvards incubator, whichwe have used successfullyin the Philadelphia Hos-pital and in the MaternityDepartment of the Jeffer-son Hospital. The interior of the box is divided into two parts by an incomplete horizon-tal partition, placed about six inches above the bottom of the box. In thelower part, which is intended for hot cans, two openings are necessary—one at. The Permanent Bath. (Winckel). INJURIES AND DISEASES OF THE NEW-BORN 81 the ride, occupying the whole Length of the ride, closed by a sliding dooropened at pleasure from either end, BS I means of i-hieing the hot cans. The Fig. 4.
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