Evening star., 1937-08-06
Baby
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doctors. Instruments had been steril-
lied in advance. All was in readiness
Yet the surgeons knew they must act
quickly. Any delay or difficulty in
delivering the post-mortem baby might
prove fatal They had eight minutes,
they estimated, in which to bring forth
the infant alive
Exactly one minute after Mrs. Boo
cassini had been pronounced dead, a
tiny new life had come into being An
almost indiscernible pulse-b sig
nailed victory.
Domlnick BOccassini. the father,
was grief stricken at his home.
Went to See wife.
Il went to the hospital last night to
see my wife" he said. Il knew when
saw her she was going to die. I'm
glad. though. they saved the little
bambinas life. Ill do what I can
for her. but it isn't much"
He said he had employment only
two or three days a week
Il have two other children by nv
flrst wife, Boccassini said. "One Of
Them the boy Sergei, who is 9, is in
an orphanage in the South.
MY daughter Isabella, who is u.
lives here with me and we'll find a
place for the new one"
He left his home accompanied bv
his Wlfe's uncle, Alfredo Ella, to make
arrangements for her funeral.
Not Particularly Unusual,
DR.. Corbit, after he had his break
fast, gave further bits of information
He said there was nothing particu-
larly unusual about the case. He said
that in a post-mortem Caesarean oper-
alton the incision does not have to be
as extensive as in regular Caesarean.
In a regular Caesarean the mother S
blood stream has to be watched, but
in this case there was no such situa-
ton.
The doctor said the baby gave a
gasp at birth, but did not cry. He
said he was amazed that the infant
made any sound.
Six hours after the baby was born
its temperature had been reduced to
1O2.
This was the second operation OF
the same kind that DR.. Corbit has
performed in a year. The first case
was that of a woman who died of heart
trouble. An instant operation was
performed, but the child was born
dead.
Another Baby Thrives.
NIAGARA FALLS Ontario, August
6 tP,.-A post-mortem baby born here
May II apparently was thriving today
| under the care of her father and T.
year-old sister
She is Seraphine Antoinette Sorde
born eight minutes after her mother
died with serious kidney ailment.
DR.. Samuel McCallum, a physician
said he sent Mrs. Sorde to General
Hospital after she had suffered con-
vulsion. She suffered another and q
nurse called in DR.. Harry Wrong, a
found dead.
Without waiting to sterihze himself
| or his instruments, DR.. Wrong used
an ordinary scapel and performed a
Caesarian operation, DR.. McCallum
said, adding, The baby has thrived
ever since. She now weighs pounds -
Nashville Boy Living.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, August 6 LAP)
The birth of a post-mortem baby at
Philadelphia today recalled to St
Thomas Hospital attendants simi-
larly successful operation here two
months ago. A baby boy was deliv.
cred June 2, six minutes after his
mothers death. He weighed 81
| pounds.
THE baby was normal in every re.
spect," said nurse, who declined USE
of her name. He left the hospita
only day before yesterday" She sale
he had gained pounds since birth
The operation was performed by DR.
Ben H. Marshall, 29-year -old resident
physician, with the permission of the
hospital superintendent.