Problems of the newborn

Bonar, Barnet E.

doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(32)80050-8

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“…Before the 1930s, very few studies and very few published clinical case reports originated from premature nurseries. Such nurseries had dubious beginnings, which were criticized by some physicians as more resembling circus exhibitions than medical care wards (Bonar, 1932). These units generally had mortality rates greatly exceeding 50% on the day of admission, with the majority of the first‐day survivors having late deaths or serious long‐term morbidity.…”

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Origins of the discipline ‘neonatal haematology’, 1925–75

Christensen

2001

Br J Haematol

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“…He stated further that premature nurseries contained the future inmates of homes for imbeciles and idiots (Capper, 1928). This sentiment was echoed 4 years later in a review of premature nurseries by Bonar from Salt Lake City, Utah (Bonar, 1932).…”

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Origins of the discipline ‘neonatal haematology’, 1925–75

Christensen

2001

Br J Haematol

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Recurrent Neonatal Apnœa

Reid

Tunstall

1965

The Lancet

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Prematurity as a public health problem: US policy from the 1920s to the 1960s.

Oppenheimer¹

1996

Am J Public Health

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During the 1920s and 1930s, a number of physicians created model premature infant stations in select hospitals, arguing that medicine could successfully treat premature infants, most of whom could be expected to live normal lives. Most hospitals and doctors, however, remained indifferent to the special medical needs of premature infants. Subsequently, public health officials, beginning in Chicago, took up the cause of the medical management of newborn premature infants, defining the problem and finding the resources for a community-wide solution. The latter included multiple, high-quality premature nurseries, infant transport, regionalization, and public financing. The "Chicago model" was adapted by many state and municipal departments of health, particularly after World War II, to create community-based programs, the largest of which was in New York City. As premature infant care became of greater interest to pediatricians and hospitals, in part because of the success achieved by public health officials, the earlier, prominent role of the latter was increasingly diminished and historically forgotten.

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Problems of the newborn

Cited by 4 publications

References 178 publications

Origins of the discipline ‘neonatal haematology’, 1925–75

Origins of the discipline ‘neonatal haematology’, 1925–75

Recurrent Neonatal Apnœa

Prematurity as a public health problem: US policy from the 1920s to the 1960s.

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