. The practice of pediatrics. 3 154 THE PRACTICE OF PEDIATRICS is 97° or 98° F. The best device among those which I have had an op-portunity to observe for maintaining artificial heat is the electrothermadvocated and described by Holt, Diseases of Infancy and Childhood,1906. These small heaters are attached to an electric fixture, like a drop-light. A convenient size is from 10 to 15 inches. It is placed betweentwo or three thicknesses of blankets, upon which the infant lies in itsbasket or crib. The degree of heat can be regulated according to theamount of electricity turned on. This mode of
. The practice of pediatrics. 3 154 THE PRACTICE OF PEDIATRICS is 97° or 98° F. The best device among those which I have had an op-portunity to observe for maintaining artificial heat is the electrothermadvocated and described by Holt, Diseases of Infancy and Childhood,1906. These small heaters are attached to an electric fixture, like a drop-light. A convenient size is from 10 to 15 inches. It is placed betweentwo or three thicknesses of blankets, upon which the infant lies in itsbasket or crib. The degree of heat can be regulated according to theamount of electricity turned on. This mode of handling prematureinfants has been given a thorough trial at the Babies Hospital and hasbeen found to fulfil the indications, with children as small as threepounds and as young as seven months, quite as well as the incubator,while at the same time being free from its dangers. It has not beennecessary to raise the general temperature of the room. These patientswhen kept in the wards at an ordinary temperature have maintained. Fig. 14.—Electrotherm. an even bodily temperature much more uniformly than with any othermethod I have seen, the incubator included. Fresh Air.—A mistake often made in the management of prematureand delicate infants is that of providing too warm air for respiration,a glaring defect in most incubators. The best method of decreasinga delicate childs vitality and resistance and increasing his chancesof pulmonary infection is to supply him constantly with air at 80° to90° F. In a modern house the maintenance of this temperature usuallymeans an absence of change of air and an abundance of bacteria. Thepatients do best when the temperature of the air they breathe is from70° to 72° F. Feeding of Premature Infants.—Breast-milk for premature infantsborn under twenty-eight weeks is almost a necessity, and should alwaysbe procured when possible for all premature children. The mother,with the rarest exception, is unable to supply it, so that a wet-nurse CEP
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