Neonatology on the Web: Classic Articles and Books

Classic Resources in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (Sorted by Author)

AAP Historical Archives Advisory Committee: American Pediatrics: Milestones at the Millenium from Pediatrics, June, 2001.
AAP Perinatal Section Ad Hoc Committee on Perinatal History: Martin Couney's Story Revisited, 1997. Reproduced by permission of Pediatrics.
Adriance, Vanderpoel: Premature Infants, 1901.
Allin, Frank W.: The Baby-Tents of Chicago, 1911.
Annan, R.: Case of a Child Born Betwixt the End of the Sixth and Middle of the Seventh Month and Brought Up, 1848.
Apgar, Virginia: A Proposal for a New Method of Evaluation of the Newborn Infant, 1953.
Arrault: Abrégé Historique de l'Etablissement de l'Hôpital des Enfans-Trouvés , 1746.
Auvard, A.: De La Couveuse Pour Enfants, 1883. (French)
Auvard, A.: De La Couveuse Pour Enfants, 1883. (Scan of original article)
Auvard, A.: Nouvelle Couveuse Pour Enfants, 1889. (Scan of original article)
Avery, Mary Ellen and Mead, Jere: Surface properties in relation to atelectasis and hyaline membrane disease, 1959.
Baines, M. A.: Excessive Infant-Mortality: How Can It Be Stayed?, 1862.
Ballantyne, J. W.: The Problem of the Premature Infant, 1902.
Bartlett, John: The Warming-Crib, 1887.
Baumes, Thimotée: Traité de l'Ictère ou Jaunisse des Enfants de Naissance [Treatise on Icterus or Jaundice of the Newborn] , 1785.
Berthod, Paul: La Couveuse et le Gavage a la Maternité de Paris [The Incubator and Gavage Feeds
at the Paris Maternity Hospital], 1887.
Bettmann, Henry W.: Premature Labor and the New-Born Child, 1892.
Bizzell, W. D.: Prolonged Asphyxia in the New-Born Infant, 1885.
Blacker, G. F.: The Care and Feeding of Premature Infants, 1898.
Blackfan, Kenneth D.: Apparatus for Collecting Infants' Blood for the Wassermann Reaction, 1912.
Bonnaire: Des Inhalations d'Oxygène chez les Nouveau-Nés [Inhalations of Oxygen by the New-Born] , Journal de Médecine de Paris, pp. 312-314, June 28, 1891.
Brandt, J. Egerton: The Children's Incubator, 1895.
Brisbane, Arthur: The Incubator Baby and Niagara Falls, 1901.
Brown, Alan and George, Ruggles: The Care and Feeding of the Premature Infant, 1917.
Brown, Edward J.: A New Baby Incubator, 1892.
Budin, Pierre: Le Professeur Tarnier , Le Progrès Médical Paris, pp. 289-293, May 7, 1898.
Budin, Pierre: The Nursling, authorized English translation of 1907.
Budin, Pierre: Les Consultations de Nourrisons, 1905.
Budin, Pierre: La Mortalité Infantile dans les Bouches-du-Rhone, 1907.
Butler, Ellis Parker: The Incubator Baby, 1906.
Cadogan, William: An Essay upon Nursing and the Management of Children, from their Birth to Three Years of Age, Third Edition, 1749.
Cameron, Glenhill: Quick, Another Baby's Here!, Colliers, 1950.
Chapin, H. D.: The Rearing of Premature Children by Means of Incubators, 1900.
Chapple, Charles C.: An Incubator for Infants, 1938.
Coffin, A. I.: Treatment of the Child, from Treatise on Midwifery, 1878.
Conyers, Richard: De Morbis Infantum , 1729.
Cragin, Edwin B.: The Sloane Hospital Incubator, 1914.
Crandall, Floyd M: Hospitalism, 1897.
Credé, Carl Siegmund Franz: Ueber Erwärmungsgeräthe für frühgeborene und schwächliche kleine Kinder, 1884. German
Credé, Carl Siegmund Franz: [Concerning warming devices for prematures and feeble tiny children], 1884. English by Google Translate
Credé, Carl Siegmund Franz: Die Verhütung der Ausgenentzuendung der Neugeborenen [The prevention of inflammation of the newborn], 1881.
Davis, John Bunnell: A Cursory Inquiry Into Some of the Principal Causes of Mortality Among Children, 1817.
De Lee, Joseph B.: Asphyxia Neonatorum: Causation and Treatment, 1897.
De Lee, Joseph B.: Infant Incubation, with the Presentation of a New Incubator and a Description of the System at the Chicago Lying-In Hospital, 1902.
Denucé, Jean-Louis-Paul: Berceau incubateur pour les enfants nés avant terme [Incubating cradle for children born before term], 1857. (with English translation)
Denucé, Jean-Louis-Paul: Berceau incubateur pour les enfants nés avant terme [Incubating cradle for children born before term], 1857.
Dobbs, R.H. and Cremer, R. J.: Phototherapy, 1975.
von Doepp, Ph.: Bemerkungen über einige Krankheiten der Säuglinge [Remarks about several illnesses of babies] , 1835.
Downs, J. Langdon H.: Observations on an Ethnic Classification of Idiots, 1866.
Dunham, Ethel C.: Premature Infants: A Manual for Physicians, 1948.
Durham, Roger: Notes on the Care of Premature Infants, 1912.
Dubowitz, Lilly et al: Clinical Assessment of Gestational Age in the Newborn, 1970.
Editors, Buffalo Evening Journal: Three Tiny Girls in the Incubators, Pan-American Exposition, 1901.
Editors, Buffalo Express: Twelve at the Exposition, Pan-American Exposition, 1901.
Editors, Buffalo Medical Journal: Some Medical Aspects of the Pan-American Exposition: Infant Incubators, 1901.
Editors, Le Monde Illustré, Paris: Les nouvelles couveuses pour enfants [The new incubators for infants], 1884.
Editors, Pediatrics: Exhibit of Infant Incubators at the Pan-American Exhibition, 1901.
Editors, Scientific American: Baby Incubators at the Pan-American Exposition, 1901.
Editors, The Illustrated London News: Incubators for Infants, 1884.
Editors, The Lancet: The Couvreuse, or Mechanical Nurse, 1883.
Editors, The Lancet: The Victorian Era Exhibition at Earl's Court, 1897.
Editors, The Lancet: The Use of Incubators for Infants, 1897.
Editors, The Lancet: The Danger of Making a Public Show of Incubators for Babies, 1898.
Editors, The Manufacturer and Builder: Artificial Child Incubation, 1883.
Editors, The Minneapolis Journal: The Incubator Babies at Wonderland Park, May 20, 1905.
Editors, The Minneapolis Journal: Wonderland Park is Well Opened, May 29, 1905.
Editors, The New York Times: A Wee Child in an Incubator, 1891.
Eustache, G.: Une Nouvelle Couveuse pour Enfants Nouveau-Nés (A New Incubator for Newborn Infants), 1885. As published in Journal des Sciences Médicales de Lille. (images)
Eustache, G.: Une Nouvelle Couveuse pour Enfants Nouveau-Nés , 1884. As published as an offprint by Societe Industrielle du Nord de la France.
Flagg, Paluel J.: Treatment of Asphyxia in the New-Born, 1928.
Gautier, A.: Décès de M. P. Budin [The Death of Professor Budin], 1907.
Gould, George M. and Pyle, Walter L.: Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine, 1900.
Graham, Edwin E.: Infant Mortality, 1908.
Green, Robert M. and Swift, John B.: Hemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn, 1911.
Gross, Robert E., and Hubbard, John P.: Surgical Ligation of a Patent Ductus Arteriosus, 1939.
Halstead, Murat: See the Incubator Babies, 1904.
Helmholz, Henry F.: The Longitudinal Sinus as the Place of Preference in Infancy for Intravenous Aspirations and Injections, Including Transfusion, 1915.
Henderson, Yandell: The Prevention and Treatment of Asphyxia in the New-Born, 1928.
Hendrick, Burton J.: Solving the Problem of Infant Mortality, 1917.
Henry, M.: Fondation du pavilion des enfantes débiles à la Maternité de Paris [Foundation of the Pavilion of Sick Infants at the Maternity of Paris] , Revue des Maladies de l'Enfance, Vol. 15, pp. 142-154, 1908.
Hess, Julius H.: A Study of the Caloric Needs of Premature Infants, 1911.
Hess, Julius H.: An Electric-Heated Water-Jacketed Infant Incubator and Bed, 1915.
Hess, Julius H.: Premature and Congenitally Diseased Infants, 1922.
Hess, Julius H.: Heated Bed for Transportation of Premature Infants, 1923.
Hess, Julius H.: Oxygen Unit for Premature and Very Young Infants, 1934.
Hess, Julius H.: Chicago Plan for Care of Premature Infants, 1951.
Hess, Julius H.: Experiences Gained in a Thirty-Year Study of Prematurely Born Infants, 1953.
Holt, L. Emmett: The Scope and Limitations of Hospitals for Infants, 1898.
Holt, L. Emmett: Infant Mortality, Ancient and Modern, An Historical Sketch, 1913.
Huenekens, E. J.: Care of the New-Born in the First Weeks of Life, 1923.
Jacobi, Abraham: The Best Means of Combating Infant Mortality, 1912.
Jennings, O.: An Improved System of Incubators, 1896.
Keating, John M.: Infant Feeding, 1884.
La Fetra, L. E.: The Hospital Care of Premature Infants, 1916.
Lambert, Samuel W.: Melaena Neonatorum with Report of a Case Cured by Transfusion, 1908.
Liebling, A. J.: Patron of the Preemies, 1939. Reprinted by the permission of Russell & Volkening as agents for the author. Copyright © 1939 by A. J. Liebling, copyright renewed 1967 by Norma Stonehill.
Little, W. J.: On the Influence of Abnormal Parturition, Difficult Labours, Premature Birth, and Asphyxia Neonatorum, on the Mental and Physical Condition of the Child, Especially in Relation to Deformities, 1861.
Litzenberg, Jennings C.: The Care of Premature Infants, with Special Reference to the Use of Home-Made Incubators, 1908.
Losty, Margaret A. et al: A Transport Service for Premature Babies in New York City, American Journal of Nursing, 1950.
Lyons, John A.: Incubators and Milk Laboratory Feeding, 1897.
McClanahan, H. M.: Management of Delicate and Premature Infants in the Home, 1914.
Minot, Francis: On Hemorrhage from the Umbilicus in New-born Infants, with an Analysis of Forty-six Cases, 1852.
Morse, John Lovett: A Study of the Caloric Needs of Premature Infants, 1904.
Morse, John Lovett: The Care and Feeding of Premature Infants, 1905.
Pascaud, V.: La Couveuse Artificielle chez les Nouveau-Nés, Paris, 1899.
Pemell, Robert: De Morbis Puerorum, or, A Treatise of the Diseases of Children, 1653.
Phaire, Thomas: The Boke of Chyldren , 1545.
Pinard, M. A.: Tarnier Memorium with photos and obituary, 1898.
Ransom, S. W.: The Care of Premature and Feeble Infants, 1898.
Roberton, John: Observations on the Mortality and Physical Management of Children, 1827.
Rotch, T. M.: A Description of a New Incubator, 1893.
Sidbury, J. Buren: Transfusion through the Umbilical Vein in Hemorrhage of the New-Born, 1923.
Silverman, William A.: Incubator-Baby Side Shows, 1979. Reproduced by permission of Pediatrics.
Silverman, William A.: Postscript to Incubator-Baby Side Shows, 1980. Reproduced by permission of Pediatrics.
Silverman, William A.: Retrolental Fibroplasia: A Modern Parable, 1980.
Smellie, William: Of the Management of new-born Children, with the Diseases to which they are subject, from A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery, Volume I, Fourth Edition, 1762.
Smith, George F. and Vidyasagar, Dharmapuri (Ed): Historical Review and Recent Advances in Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine, 1980.
Smith, James Walter: Baby Incubators, 1896.
Sobel, Jacob: Antenatal and Neonatal Protection of the Infant, 1926.
Starr, Louis: Hygiene of the Nursery, 1889.
Stuart, Francis H.: De Lion Incubator at Low Maternity Hospital, 1901.
Tarnier, S.: Des soins à donner aux enfants nés avant terme, 1885. (French)
Tarnier, S.: Des soins à donner aux enfants nés avant terme, 1885. (French)
Taylor, Wm. H.: Some Points in Relation to Premature Children, 1887.
Thoms, Herbert: An Efficient and Inexpensive Incubator, 1919.
Tidy, C. Meymott: On Human Milk, 1868.
Townsend, Charles W. The Haemorrhagic Disease of the New-Born, 1894.
Underwood, Michael: A Treatise on the Diseases of Children, 1819.
Ungaro, V.: Budin, 1907.
Voorhees, James D.: The Care of Premature Babies in Incubators, 1900.
Waterman, S.: Revivification, 1883.
Winckel, F.: Über Anwendung permanenter Bäder bei Neugeborenen, 1882.
Winckel, F.: On the Use of a Constant Bath for New-Born Children, 1884 [English abstract].
Zahorsky, John: The Baby Incubators on the "Pike," Part 1, 1904.
Zahorsky, John: The Baby Incubators on the "Pike," Part 2, 1905.
Zahorsky, John: The Baby Incubators on the "Pike," Part 3, 1905.
Zahorsky, John: The Baby Incubators on the "Pike," Part 4, 1905.
Zahorsky, John: The Baby Incubators on the "Pike," Part 5, 1905.
Zahorsky, John: The Baby Incubators on the "Pike," Part 6, 1905.
Zahorsky, John: The Baby Incubators on the "Pike," Part 7, 1905.
Zahorsky, John: The Baby Incubators on the "Pike," Part 8, 1905.
Zahorsky, John: The Baby Incubators on the "Pike," Part 9, 1905.
Zahorsky, John: The Baby Incubators on the "Pike," Part 10, 1905.
Zahorsky, John: The Baby Incubators on the "Pike," Part 11, 1905.
Zahorsky, John: The Worlds Fair, 1949.

Classic Papers in Neonatal Medicine (Sorted by Date)

De Morbis Puerorum, or, A Treatise of the Diseases of Children, by Robert Pemell, 1653.
De Morbis Infantum , by Richard Conyers, 1729.
Abrégé Historique de l'Etablissement de l'Hôpital des Enfans-Trouvés , by M. Arrault, 1746.
An Essay upon Nursing and the Management of Children, from their Birth to Three Years of Age, Third Edition, by William Cadogan, 1749.
Traité de l'Ictère ou Jaunisse des Enfants de Naissance [Treatise on Icterus or Jaundice of the Newborn] , by Baumes, Thimotée, 1785.
A Cursory Inquiry Into Some of the Principal Causes of Mortality Among Children, by John Bunnell Davis, 1817.
Bemerkungen über einige Krankheiten der Säuglinge [Remarks about several illnesses of babies], by Ph. von Doepp, 1835.
Case of a Child Born Betwixt the End of the Sixth and Middle of the Seventh Month and Brought Up, by R. Annan, 1848.
On Hemorrhage from the Umbilicus in New-born Infants, with an Analysis of Forty-six Cases, by Francis Minot, 1852.
Berceau incubateur pour les enfants nés avant terme [Incubating cradle for children born before term], by Jean-Louis-Paul Denucé, 1857. (with English translation)
Berceau incubateur pour les enfants nés avant terme [Incubating cradle for children born before term], by Jean-Louis-Paul Denucé, 1857.
On the Influence of Abnormal Parturition, Difficult Labours, Premature Birth, and Asphyxia Neonatorum, on the Mental and Physical Condition of the Child, Especially in Relation to Deformities, by W. J. Little, 1861.
Excessive Infant-Mortality: How Can It Be Stayed? by M. A. Baines, 1862.
Observations on an Ethnic Classification of Idiots, by J. Langdon H. Down, 1866.
On Human Milk, by C. Meymott Tidy, 1868.
Die Verhütung der Ausgenentzuendung der Neugeborenen [The prevention of inflammation of the newborn], by Credé, Carl Siegmund Franz, 1881.
Über Anwendung permanenter Bäder bei Neugeborenen, by Franz Winckel, 1882.
De La Couveuse Pour Enfants, by A. Auvard, 1883. (French)
De La Couveuse Pour Enfants, by A. Auvard, 1883.

Revivification, by S. Waterman, 1883.
The Couvreuse, or Mechanical Nurse, from The Lancet, 1883.
Artificial Child Incubation, from The Manufacturer and Builder, 1883.
Les nouvelles couveuses pour enfants [The new incubators for infants], from Le Monde Illustré, Paris, 1884.
Incubators for Infants, from The Illustrated London News, 1884.
On the Use of a Constant Bath for New-Born Children, by F. Winckel, 1884 [English abstract].
Ueber Erwärmungsgeräthe für frühgeborene und schwächliche kleine Kinder [Concerning warming devices for prematures and feeble tiny children], by Carl Siegmund Franz Credé, 1884.
Infant Feeding, by John M. Keating, 1884.
Une Nouvelle Couveuse pour Enfants Nouveau-Nés , by G. Eustache, 1884. As published as an offprint by Societe Industrielle du Nord de la France.
Des soins à donner aux enfants nés avant terme, by S. Tarnier, 1885. (French)
Des soins à donner aux enfants nés avant terme, by S. Tarnier, 1885. (French)
Une Nouvelle Couveuse pour Enfants Nouveau-Nés [A New Incubator for Newborn Infants], by G. Eustache, 1885. As published in Journal des Sciences Médicales de Lille. (images)
Prolonged Asphyxia in the New-Born Infant, by W. D. Bizzell, 1885.
La Couveuse et le Gavage a la Maternité de Paris [The Incubator and Gavage Feeds
at the Paris Maternity Hospital], by Paul Berthod, 1887.
The Warming-Crib, by John Bartlett, 1887.
Some Points in Relation to Premature Children, by Wm. H. Taylor, 1887.
Artificial Mother for Infants, Scientific American Supplement, April 28, 1888.
Nouvelle Couveuse Pour Enfants, by A. Auvard, 1889.
Des Inhalations d'Oxygène chez les Nouveau-Nés [Inhalations of Oxygen by the New-Born], by Bonnaire, Journal de Médecine de Paris, pp. 312-314, June 28, 1891.
A Wee Child in an Incubator, The New York Times, 1891.
A New Baby Incubator, by Edward J. Brown, 1892.
Premature Labor and the New-Born Child, by Henry W. Bettmann, 1892.
A Description of a New Incubator, by T. M. Rotch, 1893.
The Haemorrhagic Disease of the New-Born, by Charles W. Townsend, MD, 1894.
The Children's Incubator, by J. Egerton Brandt, 1895.
An Improved System of Incubators, by O. Jennings, 1896.
Baby Incubators, by James Walter Smith, 1896.
Human Infant Incubators, Leslie's Weekly, December 9, 1897.
Incubators and Milk Laboratory Feeding, by John A. Lyons, 1897.
The Victorian Era Exhibition at Earl's Court, from The Lancet, 1897.
The Use of Incubators for Infants, from The Lancet, 1897.
Asphyxia Neonatorum: Causation and Treatment, by Joseph B. De Lee, 1897.
Hospitalism, by Floyd M. Crandall, 1897.
Le Professeur Tarnier , by Pierre Budin, Le Progrès Médical Paris, pp. 289-293, May 7, 1898.
Tarnier Memorium with photos and obituary, by M. A. Pinard of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris, 1898.
The Care of Premature and Feeble Infants, by S. W. Ransom, 1898.
The Care and Feeding of Premature Infants, by G. F. Blacker, 1898.
The Scope and Limitations of Hospitals for Infants, by L. Emmett Holt, 1898.
The Danger of Making a Public Show of Incubators for Babies, Editorial from The Lancet, 1898.
La Couveuse Artificielle chez les Nouveau-Nés, by V. Pascaud, Paris, 1899.
The Rearing of Premature Children by Means of Incubators, by H. D. Chapin, 1900.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine, by George M. Gould and Walter L. Pyle, 1900.
The Care of Premature Babies in Incubators, James D. Voorhees, 1900.
De Lion Incubator at Low Maternity Hospital, Francis H. Stuart, 1901.
The Incubator Baby and Niagara Falls, Arthur Brisbane, 1901.
Some Medical Aspects of the Pan-American Exposition: Infant Incubators, from the Buffalo Medical Journal, 1901.
Exhibit of Infant Incubators at the Pan-American Exhibition, from Pediatrics, 1901.
Baby Incubators at the Pan-American Exposition, from Scientific American, 1901.
Three Tiny Girls in the Incubators, Buffalo Evening Journal, 1901.
Twelve at the Exposition, Buffalo Express, 1901.
Premature Infants, by Vanderpoel Adriance, 1901.
Infant Incubation, with the Presentation of a New Incubator and a Description of the System at the Chicago Lying-In Hospital, by Joseph B. De Lee, 1902.
The Problem of the Premature Infant, by J. W. Ballantyne, 1902.
A Study of the Caloric Needs of Premature Infants, by John Lovett Morse, 1904.
See the Incubator Babies, by Murat Halstead, 1904.
The Baby Incubators on the "Pike," Part 1, by John Zahorksy, 1904.
The Baby Incubators on the "Pike," Part 2, by John Zahorksy, 1905.
The Baby Incubators on the "Pike," Part 3, by John Zahorksy, 1905.
The Baby Incubators on the "Pike," Part 4, by John Zahorksy, 1905.
The Baby Incubators on the "Pike," Part 5, by John Zahorksy, 1905.
The Baby Incubators on the "Pike," Part 6, by John Zahorksy, 1905.
The Baby Incubators on the "Pike," Part 7, by John Zahorksy, 1905.
The Baby Incubators on the "Pike," Part 8, by John Zahorksy, 1905.
The Baby Incubators on the "Pike," Part 9, by John Zahorksy, 1905.
The Baby Incubators on the "Pike," Part 10, by John Zahorksy, 1905.
The Baby Incubators on the "Pike," Part 11, by John Zahorksy, 1905.
Les Consultations de Nourrisons, by Pierre Budin, 1905.
The Care and Feeding of Premature Infants, by John Lovett Morse, 1905.
The Incubator Babies at Wonderland Park, The Minneapolis Journal, May 20, 1905.
Wonderland Park is Well Opened, The Minneapolis Journal, May 29, 1905.
Décès de M. P. Budin [The Death of Professor Budin], by A. Gautier, 1907.
La Mortalité Infantile dans les Bouches-du-Rhone, by Pierre Budin, 1907.
Budin, by V. Ungaro, 1907.
Fondation du pavilion des enfantes débiles à la Maternité de Paris [Foundation of the Pavilion of Sick Infants at the Maternity of Paris] , by M. Henry, Revue des Maladies de l'Enfance, Vol. 15, pp. 142-154, 1908.
Infant Mortality, by Edwin E. Graham, 1908.
Melaena Neonatorum with Report of a Case Cured by Transfusion, by Samuel W. Lambert, 1908.
The Care of Premature Infants, with Special Reference to the Use of Home-Made Incubators, by Jennings C. Litzenberg, 1908.
A Study of the Caloric Needs of Premature Infants, by Julius H. Hess, 1911.
Hemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn, by Robert M. Green and John B. Swift, 1911.
The Baby-Tents of Chicago, by Frank W. Allin, 1911.
The Best Means of Combating Infant Mortality, by Abraham Jacobi, 1912.
Apparatus for Collecting Infants' Blood for the Wassermann Reaction, by Kenneth D. Blackfan, 1912.
Notes on the Care of Premature Infants, by Roger Durham, 1912.
Infant Mortality, Ancient and Modern, An Historical Sketch, by L. Emmett Holt, 1913.
The Sloane Hospital Incubator, by Edwin B. Cragin, 1914. (scan of original article at )
Management of Delicate and Premature Infants in the Home, by H. M. McClanahan, 1914.
The Sloane Hospital Incubator, by Edwin Cragin, from JAMA, V63 N11, 1914
An Electric-Heated Water-Jacketed Infant Incubator and Bed, Julius H. Hess, 1915.
The Longitudinal Sinus as the Place of Preference in Infancy for Intravenous Aspirations and Injections, Including Transfusion, by Henry F. Helmholz, 1915.
The Hospital Care of Premature Infants, by L. E. La Fetra, 1916.
The Care and Feeding of the Premature Infant, by Alan Brown and Ruggles George, 1917.
Solving the Problem of Infant Mortality, by Burton J. Hendrick, 1917.
An Efficient and Inexpensive Incubator, by Herbert Thoms, 1919.
Heated Bed for Transportation of Premature Infants, Julius H. Hess, 1923.
Transfusion through the Umbilical Vein in Hemorrhage of the New-Born, J. Buren Sidbury, 1923.
Care of the New-Born in the First Weeks of Life, by E. J. Huenekens, 1923.
Antenatal and Neonatal Protection of the Infant, by Jacob Sobel, 1926.
The Prevention and Treatment of Asphyxia in the New-Born, by Yandell Henderson, Ph.D., 1928.
Treatment of Asphyxia in the New-Born, by Paluel J. Flagg, M.D., 1928.
Oxygen Unit for Premature and Very Young Infants, by Julius H. Hess, 1934.
An Incubator for Infants, by Charles C. Chapple, 1938.
Patron of the Preemies, by A. J. Liebling, 1939. Reprinted by the permission of Russell & Volkening as agents for the author. Copyright © 1939 by A. J. Liebling, copyright renewed 1967 by Norma Stonehill.
Surgical Ligation of a Patent Ductus Arteriosus, by Robert E. Gross and John P. Hubbard, 1939.
Premature Infants: A Manual for Physicians, by Ethel C. Dunham, 1948.
The Worlds Fair, by John Zahorsky, 1949.
Quick, Another Baby's Here!, by Glenhill Cameron, Colliers, 1950.
A Transport Service for Premature Babies in New York City, by Margaret A. Losty et al, American Journal of Nursing, 1950.
Chicago Plan for Care of Premature Infants, by Julius H. Hess, 1951.
A Proposal for a New Method of Evaluation of the Newborn Infant, by Virginia Apgar, 1953.
Experiences Gained in a Thirty-Year Study of Prematurely Born Infants, by Julius H. Hess, 1953.
Surface properties in relation to atelectasis and hyaline membrane disease, by Mary Ellen Avery and Jere Mead 1959.
Clinical Assessment of Gestational Age in the Newborn, by Lilly M.S. Dubowitz, 1970.
Phototherapy, by R. H. Dobbs and R. J. Cremer, 1975.
Incubator-Baby Side Shows, by William A. Silverman, 1979. Reproduced by permission of Pediatrics.
Postscript tos Incubator-Baby Side Shows, by William A. Silverman, 1980. Reproduced by permission of Pediatrics.
Martin Couney's Story Revisited, by the AAP Perinatal Section Ad Hoc Committee on Perinatal History, 1997. Reproduced by permission of Pediatrics.

Classic Books in Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine (Sorted by Date)

The Boke of Chyldren , by Thomas Phaire, 1545.
De Morbis Puerorum, or, A Treatise of the Diseases of Children, by Robert Pemell, 1653.
De Morbis Infantum , by Richard Conyers, 1729.
Foundling Hospital, London: "An account of the hospital for the maintenance and education of exposed and deserted young children...", 1749.
Of the Management of new-born Children, with the Diseases to which they are subject, from A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery, Volume I, Fourth Edition, by William Smellie, 1762.
Traité de l'Ictère ou Jaunisse des Enfants de Naissance [Treatise on Icterus or Jaundice of the Newborn] , by Baumes, Thimotée, 1785.
A Treatise on the Diseases of Children, by Michael Underwood, 1819.
Observations on the Mortality and Physical Management of Children, by John Roberton, 1827.
Treatment of the Child, from Treatise on Midwifery, by A. I. Coffin, 1878.
Hygiene of the Nursery, by Louis Starr, 1889.
The Incubator Baby, by Ellis Parker Butler, 1906.
The Nursling, by Pierre Budin, English translation of 1907.
Premature and Congenitally Diseased Infants, by Julius H. Hess, 1922.
Retrolental Fibroplasia: A Modern Parable, by William A. Silverman, 1980.
Historical Review and Recent Advances in Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine, edited by George F. Smith, MD and Dharmapuri Vidyasagar, MD, 1980.

Historical Images and Drawings

Other Interesting Historical Sites and Documents

Oeuvre Maternelle des Couveuses d'Enfants, Paris
"And Next to the Bearded Ladies..." from The New York Times (captured as PDF)
The Coney Island Baby Laboratory, from American Heritage Invention and Technology Magazine (captured as PDF)
American Characters: Martin Couney, from American Heritage Magazine (captured as PDF)
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exhibition Article from HistoryLink.org (captured as PDF)
Origins of Neonatal Intensive Care in the U.K., a Witness Seminar held at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London, on 27 April 1999. Posted here by permission.
The Rhesus Factor and Disease Prevention, a Witness Seminar held at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London, on 3 June 2003. Posted here by permission.
The Evolution of Neonatology, by Alistair G. S. Philip, Pediatric Research, October, 2005.
Breastfeeding and the American Academy of Pediatrics, by John Zwicky, Archival Elements, Summer 2005.
Transferring the Incubator: Fairs and Freak-Shows as Agents of Change, by Katie Proctor, 2004. (Also available as captured PDF file )
"Some Physic for the Child: Robert Pernell's De Morbis Puerorum, 1653", by William Brockbank. (Also available as captured PDF file )
Origins of Neonatal Intensive Care in the UK, from a Witness Seminar held on 27 April 1999 at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London.
Incubator Baby Shows: A Medical and Social Frontier, by Hannah Lieberman. (Also available as captured PDF file )
The Child Hatchery, by Joseph Hart, Minneapolis/St. Paul CityPages. (Also available as captured PDF file )
Kinderbrutanstalt: Leisure Space and the Coney Island Baby Incubators, by Scott Webel, Text, Performance, Practice, 2003. (Also available as captured PDF file )
The Infant Incubator, from the Doing the Pan web site.
AAP Historical Archives Advisory Committee: American Pediatrics: Milestones at the Millenium from Pediatrics, June, 2001.
"Cautionary Tales" on the James Lind Library web site, by Dr. William A. Silverman, 2003. (Also available as captured PDF file )
The Bloxsom Air Lock, from Pediatrics, Dec. 2001.
Baby Incubator Exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, 1901 (from the U. of Buffalo Library web site)
- First version of the article
- Second version of the article
Infantile Scurvy: A Historical Perspective by Kumaravel Rajakumar, MD, from Pediatrics Electronic Pages 108(4):e76, October, 2001.
History of Medicine Division at the National Library of Medicine
A Century of Neonatal Medicine from the Minnesota Medicine web site (captured as a PDF file)
How did Middle-Class Clubwomen Contribute to Infant and Maternal Health among Immigrants?
Cultural Change as Seen in US Birth Practice
Pediatric History Center, American Academy of Pediatrics
Neonatal Intensive Care, A History of Excellence. From an NIH Symposium on October 7, 1985. Includes some interesting historical notes by Drs. Gluck, Butterfield, and Sunshine, among others.
Pioneers in the Scientific Study of Neonatal Jaundice and Kernicterus by Thor Willy Ruud Hansen, MD, PhD, from Pediatrics 106(2):e15, August, 2000.
Advice to a mother on the management of her children and on the treatment on the moment of some of their more pressing illnesses and accidents, by Pye Henry Chavasse, 1880.
French articles on early neonatal and obstetric care (captured as a PDF file)
Premie Road Shows from Hippocrates, captured as a PDF file.
Virginia Apgar home page with links to several historical articles
Observations Made upon the Bills of Mortality, John Graunt, 1662 (also available captured as a PDF file)
History of Perinatal Medicine, by Dr. Paul Toubas, formerly of Univ. of Ohio Health Sciences Center (captured as a PDF file -- no longer available on-line at the UOHSC site).
Blue Baby Operation (also available captured as a PDF file)
Midwives and Maternity Care in the Roman World
Cesarean Section - A Brief History (also available captured as a PDF file)
Dionne Quints Digitization Project
Dying to Have a Baby - The History of Childbirth
History of Medicine Links at U. of Manitoba
History of the Health Sciences WWW Links
A Midwife's Tale
A Century of Obstetrics
History of BioMedicine
History of Western BioMedicine
Images from the History of Medicine
Internet Classics Archive
Electronic Scholarly Publishing - Classical Genetics
History of Midwifery in the United States
Cultural Change in US Birth Practice
Multiple Births in Legend and Folklore
Infant Mortality in the Land of Israel in Late Antiquity
History of Education and Childhood
Neonatal Transportion Through the Course of History (also available captured as a PDF file)

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