Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-06-05
INTERESTING EXHIBIT /. J
IS NOW AT DREAMLAND
Incubator for infants Attracting the
Attention of the ThrOngs at
That Popular Resort.

] All the great schools of Europe n
America have worked actively for
] years in the effort to find help for the
; unfortunate little ones-all with
varying results save the Germans,
ilwho reached the long fought for goal
first and today their Inventions and
/, remedies make 1t possible to save
nearly, II not all. the lives of the pre-
mature or weakly born.
The results of the German savants
are all embodied in the elaborate ex-
hibition now at Dreamland, Coneyl
Island, where the whole world views
an army of infant incubators iphabit-
ed by living infants, thus practically
demonstrating to the most skeptical
this wonderful systems ability to.
save the most pathetic of cases. Sci
ence has at last conquered that which
at one time was deemed impossible,
and the little lives are saved and
children are reared to become a cred
1t and honor to their parents, when
once no hope was entertained of saw
ing them.
A great work has been undertake
en-, one of magnitude and far-reach-
ing benefit to mankind in installing
SO perfect an institution as may be
seen at Dreamland. Its work does
not stop here, for in every large city
similar institutions are to be created
and a systematic effort made to In
struct the worlds motherhood IN the
care of the .~prematurely born. q
1t is a. we'll established fact that
previous to the installation and use
of the infant incubators, all infants
weighing less than 2 pound, 3 oun-
ces. died on the day of their birth.
In fact, only about Is per cent. OF all
prematurely born infants live, iaccor-
ding to statistics. 1t is, therefore, In
the nature of a God-send that science
has presented the world with an In
strument with which to do such good
work. The employment of incuba-
tors as a means of saving the lives OF
nrematurely or very weakly born in
fants, has not yet become general In
America. Yet it is notorious and OBJ
vious that the best and almost !
means of saving such infants Is to
protect them absolutely from changes
! of temperature and from cold. Fol
such children used to be
wrapped up In wadding or in sheep
skin with the wool adhering. The
peeasants of Silesia and Westphalia
sometimes placed infants in a jar full
of feather. In England the cot or
cradle was put close to the hearth,
: and 1t was necessary to watch the
are night and day SO that the tenn
perature might not vary. The use
Of hot water bottles inserted in the
bedding of the cot is also a very gen
eral practice, and this method Is
adopted by many maternity andtother
hospitals. But such devices are not
uniformly reliable; their success de-
peends upon the intelligence and assid-
, | nous care of the infants attendant
and the accidental opening of doors
and windows. an unexpected gale, or
a fall of temperature may defeat even
! the effect of the most elaborate pre-
cautions.
This exhibition is now presented at
Dreamland, Coney Island, and Is a
practical demonstration VI "haI oSl7
ence has accomplished up to this
date. This system is based upon four
important principles in the care OF
the prematurely born-to furnish
perfectly pure air; second, to main
.tain an even temperature which is
necessary; third, to observe perfect
cleanliness in their care and, fourth,
to give them proper nourishment
cleanliness is carefully observed IN
the care of the infant at all times.
Each infant receives a daily Daths ~
Is changed as often as necessary dur
ing the day. Every garment that IS
used to clothe the infant is first lster-
ilized and the nursery and incubator
ward are spotlessly clean. 4t1
Many hospitals throughout the.
country are now using ~incubators and
1t is to be hoped before many years
every large city will have an incuba-
tor hospital with their many charita-
bic institutions. Y n
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