The machine in the nursery : incubator technology and the origins of newborn intensive care /

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Author / Creator:Baker, Jeffrey P.
Imprint:Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1996.
Description:x, 247 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2574583
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ISBN:0801851734 (acid-free paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-239) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Medicine and the Historiography of Technology
  • Ch. 1. Between Fetus and Weakling
  • Ch. 2. Tarnier's Invention
  • Ch. 3. Mothers and Nurslings: The French Incubator Campaign
  • Ch. 4. Technology Transfer and Transformation
  • Ch. 5. Propaganda for the Preemies
  • Ch. 6. The Experiment in Obstetric Neonatology
  • Ch. 7. The Pediatric Revolt
  • Ch. 8. The Eclipse of the Incubator
  • Conclusion: A Technology That Misfired?