The machine in the nursery : incubator technology and the origins of newborn intensive care
by Baker, Jeffrey P
Publication date 1996
The beginning of this book has many sad stories of premature babies and how they were treated.
I will skip those. The creation of the incubator began in France and modified in the US. Its intent was to be an artificial uterus with controlled temperature, warm water, darkness, and pure air. There were two camps with these incubators - one that insisted they stay completely mechanical and the other portable one the mother could take home with her and set by her side.
The rest of the book is about how it was marketed, modified, and being in a machine vs a mother's womb would effect people. Its purpose at the Expositions was to find companies for funding.
by Baker, Jeffrey P
Publication date 1996
The beginning of this book has many sad stories of premature babies and how they were treated.
I will skip those. The creation of the incubator began in France and modified in the US. Its intent was to be an artificial uterus with controlled temperature, warm water, darkness, and pure air. There were two camps with these incubators - one that insisted they stay completely mechanical and the other portable one the mother could take home with her and set by her side.
The rest of the book is about how it was marketed, modified, and being in a machine vs a mother's womb would effect people. Its purpose at the Expositions was to find companies for funding.