How one man saved a generation of premature babies
For years doctors in the US made little attempt to save the lives of premature babies, but there was one place distressed parents could turn for help - a sideshow on Coney Island.
Source: bbc.com
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Year in Review: February – the future of SMO becomes uncertain
In part two of our Year in Review, Santa Monica Airport celebrated its centenary as it enters a period of uncertainty about its future
Source: smdp.com
Incubators – The Brooklyn Rail
The origins of this weird word trace back to the seventeenth century, when “incubation” meant “to sit on eggs to hatch them” and was later used to name a technology that artificially stimulated hatching. Incubators became a medical innovation when Stéphane Tarnier, having been inspired by seeing one in a zoo, invented the incubator for premature babies.
Source: brooklynrail.org
Lobotomy: The brain op described as 'easier than curing a toothache'
Tens of thousands of lobotomies were carried out in the UK and US in the 1940s and 50s. Should we condemn the surgeons?
Source: bbc.co.uk