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Lawrence Democrat
Lawrenceburg, Lawrence County, Tennessee
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Presbyterian Hospital in New York employs an ingenious electric device in baby cribs to warm incubator infants' feet while ensuring fresh air and cooler head area, as reported in Edison Monthly.
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Ingenious Device Employed for Babies' Cribs in Presbyterian Hospital in New York.
In the Presbyterian hospital, New York, there is an interesting instance of the application of electricity in the nursery for the benefit of the incubator babies. Here, says the Edison Monthly, the problem is to provide plenty of fresh air and at the same time sufficient warmth for the babies, and this has been solved by a simple but effective form of crib warmer.
The sides of the bassinet in which the baby lies are covered with asbestos boards and beneath is an electric heater or foot warmer, with cable couplings and switch which allows the current to be regulated. In a warm-air chamber between the bassinet and the foot-warmer is a partition, so constructed with reference to the baby's position in the crib that the heat is reflected to the lower end of the bassinet. The child's feet are thus kept warm, while a lower temperature is maintained at the head.
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Presbyterian Hospital, New York
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the device solves the problem of providing fresh air and sufficient warmth for incubator babies by regulating heat to the feet while maintaining a lower temperature at the head.
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In the Presbyterian hospital, New York, an electric heater is used in bassinet cribs for incubator babies. The sides are covered with asbestos boards, and the heater is beneath with a switch for regulation. A warm-air chamber with a partition reflects heat to the lower end of the bassinet.