The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-26

received 1s5 children weighing less thar
| three pounds. OF these 1877 were saved
The smallest baby that ever entered
/ the Paris establishment weighed jus
one and one-fourth pounds. II wasn''
bigger than a spring chicken. and fol
| several hours the attendants could not
! decide whether il was dead or alive. bui
they put it away in the glass case. turn
! ed on the ozone, took IL out every hou.
| and gave it few drops OF nourishment
| through the nose, and before the end Of
the day II began to pick up little and
show signs of animal ton. Il was the
| most hopeless and difficult case that Dr.
| Lion has ever treated, but the tenacity
with which the little one chung TO life
! was very remarkably. II gained only
one pound in weight during the first
thirty days Of nursing, but during the
| second month l. passed the crisis and
| nature asserted itself The little spark
| that nad been famed so patiently grew
brighter daily. and after seven months
the baby was returned 10 her parents
in full health, weighing over nine
pounds. she is now nearly years old.
as fat. hearty and healthy a youngster
as can be sound in Paris.
Among the children IN the incubators
today l found Madelalne NJ, who weigh
ed TWO and one-half pounds When she
Vas received twenty days ago. She now
weighs three and one-quarter pounds and
is gaining a the rate OF fifteen grammes
a day.
Helen Marie weighed pounds .
ounces when she arrived Angus; 10. She
now weighs pounds : ounces.
Justin H. weighed , pounds Z ounces
thriiytwo days ago. He now weighs /
pounds 9 ounces.
Thus far st the Paris esta bishment 50
per cent o: the patients have been saw
Ell. ana nearly az Of those that died were
born with a constitutional de.ec: Or
were scarcsly breathing when they were
brought in. The purpose OF the incuoa-
tor. expressed in a single sentence. Is to
place a feeble child in exactly tie conif-
tons and furnish il exactly the food t5at
nature requires until il is strlng enough
10 endure the ordinary exposure and
neglect - watch the average infan: Is
subject.
The necessity OF such an institution IS
greater IN Paris than in any other part
o. the world. for nowhere IL there sucn
a secrihce q infal5 lifc from ;ndifer-
ence, neC,sct ana natural causes. II
1874. the latest year for which I can Oh
lain statistics. there were only s5.7SI
babies born II tlis great city o. ga
105 inhabitants. OF iaese. 5543 we're
s,ill-bo.n O. lived ou; few hours. T.I5s
diel before they were year old. and 4
73S between the ages q l and NJ
pisee in the world. not even in China.
where female intsn.s sre some ;irnes
stTarsled, has such frigh,fuI record
17.l4i cut az e5.7sl babies dying before
;hey we're years old-oui they say
tra; he average in some o. the smaller
cities % France Is even greater
For this sni o,her reasons Frsncs "a
ne only civilized country on earn IN
which tsers 8 10 natural increase -
pop.sIior- TIE total q the Inhabitants
~ TIE republic ass stood AZ aS5Gt the
same figures to- number :: years
Grea: Britain. Austria. Germany s1i
France have about the same population.
The Increase in he tarse counties i-=t
named Is very rapid. Notwithstanding
the large annual emigration % re CGl,-
FL States. Australia. South America and
other new lands.
Ire population % Great Britain IN
lSs. vas 81. 5esIiS: IN 1885 j. rss .sss5-
20. AT increase % e.s5s51. Al TIE