Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-01-26
BABY lNCUBATO25.
Two of Them Are Kept Running Con-
stantIy in Philadelphia.

Two of Them Are Kept Running Con-
stantIy in Philadelphia.
The ''couveuse" in the Women's
Medical college is an institution much
in demand. 1t is occupied constantly
by some tiny tenant that is not strong
enough to live in the open air, and it
was not long ago that duplicate "cou-
veuse" had to be imported from Paris.
The two are now in full operation.
turning out strong, wholesome babies
The French word ''cOuveuse" means
"a brooder" and is applied to the little
incubator in which weak infants are
put until they grow strong enough to
live like common babies, and breathe
| the air of the rest of mankind. 1t is
very simple apparatus, easily made,
easily manipulated, and serves an ex-
| cellent purpose. 1t is plain, haSt
wood box, 28x20x15 inches in dimen-
| sions. Six inches from the bottom there
| is floor through which there is an
| opening made, about three inches wide,
| across the foot end. On this floor the
nest for the little tenant is made of
thick bat of cotton, covered with the
softest flannel The top of the box fits
| tightly, and is made of glass. At the
head end of the box there is an open
register, three inches in diameter, which
admits the air into the lower chamber
of the ''couveuse.
This air passes over five bottles OF
| hot water placed in the basement apart
rnent, and goes up through the opening
in the floor at the foot. At this open
ing three good sized sponges are sus-
pended on a wire. The spOnges are
kept damp, and moisten the air which
comes up from off the hot bottles,
| Over the head of the baby is little
chimney in the top of the lid, through
which this air passes out. In this
chimney is little indicator which is
moved constantly by the current of air.
When it stops the attending nurse
knows that the circulation of the air
has been shut off.
There was baby in the ''couveuse"
last night, and it looked as happy on
its bat of cotton as q bird would in its
nest. The temperature is kept any
where from so to so dogs. according to
the strength of the infant, the weaker
| ones having UIIe HOtueT SURROUNDINGS
When the head nurse lifted the little
fellow out of it's warm, moist bed it
kicked about in very lively fashion
This pioneer baby incubator was
brought from Paris over year ago,
and it has never been without an occu
pant The new one is also in constant
use. Not single infant that has been
brought up in either of them has died,
and there have been a great many
housed there The treatment must be
very wholesome, for the head nurse
said that the average increase in the
weight of the infants is about thirty
grams daily -PhiladelDhia Record
A crippled musician is to be found il
Scotland, travelling on the line of rails
, between Dundee and BrOughty Ferry
He performs on the cOncertina, and
: has been in the business for the las
!, ten or fifteen years. He is known K
every passenger, and has his regular
customers, who never fail to subscribe
to the entertainment. Travelling doe
not seem to diminish his energy, for
! with the aid of his crutch, he gets from
one carriage to another with as mucf
! agility as his more fortunate fellow
passengers. Tit-Bits