A 60-watt electric light bulb, placed in a small glass jar inside her covered wicker basket, brought warmth and life recently; to forty-seven-day-old Mariene Monica Pohl, Washington (U.S.A.). Born prematurely by almost two 'months, the infant weighed only 270z. Nearly two months of care and artificial feeding have added 18oz to her weight. Temperature inside the basket is regulated by different size bulbs, depending on outside conditions. At-birth,-.', the air inside was maintained around 95deg. It has been reduced to the high 80's.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 108, 10 May 1938, Page 17
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