The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07
SOME INCUBATOR BABIES.
THREE LITTLE LIVES BEING SAVED
AT THE LION INSTITUTE.

"Geol Amt no n little uni said the Dig
policeman to the other policeman, who was
not small but only less big.
"Ain't he, thought
"win We look at him double up them fists o
his'nt'
II should say sol"
"Say! He's got q complexion like your'ni'
"Git out! He's redderi"
'Well. maybe his hands Is redder but-did
70 ever SEQ anything like them hands anywayf
"Ain't they tho Gueerest thingsi' and tho
less big policeman puckerod his face and pecrcd
with absorbing curiosity at Monsieur Francois
Capdevile.
Monsieur Capdcville, for his part, wrigglcd
@ little bit, as IL he realized that he WAS an OBJ
1cct OF interest, and then resigned himself to
tho delight of being sound asleep In an incu-
bator. The two strapping policemen could
scarcely tear themselves away from tho con-
temptation of the minute mahognny.colored
creature. They screwed their mouths into as
small o circle as possible and hunched their
shoulders around their ears. This was not be-
cause they were policemen. Everybody that
looks at the wee morscls OF humanity in the |
incubators does the Same thing. 1t Ii In
voluntary.
There are three babies now enjoying the
hospitality OF NJ. Lions incubator institute In
West Eighteenth street. Tho institute 10 In
the glass-roofed building which was at ono
time attached to tho Hotel Logerot. This is
not merely an exhibition of incubators; 1t Is in
tended to be q permanent institution, similar to
tho famous ones In Paris. Nice, Berlin. and
other European cities. For the present at
least the place seems to be peculiarly suita-
BILE. The building Is high, light, and fairy,
and has been fitted up very attractively. The
staff Is composed principally of experienced
people from the Paris institution. The physi-
cian Is French, so is the trained nurse. M.
and Mime. Maroon. tho director and the ma
tron. have been connected with several Of tho
European branches OF the institution. They
fits, for their own little girl, now 8 years old,
new VIM institute but but only sGiy"tthb three Of, them are ss
hang, over tho railing in front of these wee bits
o babies. There arc quite as many men as wo-
just what view eNS Of the Case e. is going to be- taken.
There were the two brawny policemen. Tor IN
s sSins ou THEY 50 ey maeb for na 3 GOOD dnl| oSSs While shS.
Their attitude was one Of mingled awe, ad-
m Observation-Disclosures ! amSs'R z sss.t sns a R1syt. c S,ia n sas have awe
r, TSs! s Ts5f fsiIS%sd pSS sstissi 'l is;Ssr, By nt sasss
daughter were full Of the feminine interest in
with excitement They exclaimed in broken
Sis back, which was uneompromisinsiy rigid;
He stood as far as possible from the occupied
he probably Was, because no really wasn't SO
muoh bored after all. as he was embarrassed.
came in and the doctor actually opened the
glass box and turned tho infant over, the
The man turned his back, but not SO far that he
couldn't see out of tho corner OF his eye.
dressed a sSS w eepan' ear mf1 az a thu thre se W BABY.
She had been inside to see what an incubator
wss: S %9fb 4 @"cS Ta firm snsssinFT h a'f BABY Syp was aar pale
and sickly. 1t was not sufficiently protected
from The cool autumn air; But tn the mother = sd'srt had q
slass box as . rival to metherhood; . -. ~.
claimed with the obstinacy of ignorance.
II she knew. something about incubator sta.
t%,stics, abe might change b her NM %i1 70. n In she
t anSs porn born or very fecbie infants. Even tlhis 70.
s%trictiop gives the incubator a much thin Larger sr
France 10 per cent. Of the Infants born arg pre-:
mature; In America the proportion Is 2lst Per
premature infants die. In the Lion Institute
SnIy T. per cent vso Of he he l babies af r 10, lost cbi Exsn
were placed immediately under tho care e the
'nS Sststistl Ss0p arc somstimes deceivins." said
when = child is born in a hospital they keep ! l
San Mssk ss Sss0i f, sasy the 5sn Statistics IL Isl SHOW Ii that 4
died with us. Whereas II we had ~receivet
The child Immediately, we could easily hav'
The little Monsieur qpsPaasvillsl t for h example; sas
WEE norh az LIZ Q tso r ron |, though h
Il %a the IN y yas n mespe Of the three babe; there. no
the %liveliest: and is getting along tbs rd fSmo fray
Francois, did not make her entrance into tn
Incubator until she had worn out e large Sns5
with the vicissitudes Of q world upon which sh
had had sPpp es6sas t %bs sSU she s shs gdif fhs incd PSSa
. week sgof: She hustled into action dhnI,g HOY p
commanding proportions, when she entered
She wei shed 2poInds and Il ounces. she no
Nine. Maroon, who has had considerable o.
perience with small babies, says that the yer
e enieSf b pn % ahe to- eyt the sp instisatio IN At Bosrdsau:
Marie, as Ills bit Of a baby was called, weighs
tweeiVo inches in length. The diameter of Il
head between the cars was only two 1nche
a Or Sideas. to that &ss' they aid not allow i to ]
seen for some time; But 1t .g grew H,o gpi n { a.
e SsHa%s 0p pSe OF t have Ss' s9 y cared Sad % for. Marie,
now three years old, is normal In siEe. health
oP;la as the French say "u" amour" a love OF
Ths extraordinary ,. pain, t This sh,s are sre gs
through the n%ostrils during the first thir
days she spent in the incubator. The feasS Th !
ever goes through the nostril must reach t
throat +. What Is Is t tsssn q, into sst t dow %qSsf th mS
swallow. Marie, therefore. received one 6
NAL nose, and she thriycd, upon 1t.
When they are fed the babies are taken fTc
the incubator 10 the nursery, where tn
foster mothers await them: The temperate
nearly the same, so that the baby does not ia
GOLD from a change; When the transfer Is
cubator, the baby IL covered with the wa
blanket and, taken into the warm nursery.
ts returned In the same way, The temporary
OF course, It is varied to suit the difers
cases. As the temperature, OF tho body
Air is introduced into the.incubators throu
. pipe which runs from the street, the openi
OF the pipe being fourteen feet above the pa
mcnt. This air is filtered over and over q
over again before it enters any Of the incul
tors. 1t Is heated, and the heat Is then rof
lated automatically by a thermostat. The
escapes through an exhaust pipe, SO that II
constantly changing, Aboyo each glass
closed baby is a chart on which are RECORD
the weight and the temperature OF the chi
Showing the YariatiOn from day to day.