Premature baby weighing hardly more than a kilogram ( roughly two pounds). Weighing is carried out daily. For various practical reasons doctors considered as premature only new-born babies whose weight does not exceed 2,500 grammes (5 1/2 lbs)

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication:: [195-]
Language(s):: English
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Nurses
World Health Organization
Abstract:: Interior view: a nurse is weighing a premature infant in an incubator with hand-ports. Verso: WHO/2471
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Copyright Holder:: World Health Organization; Source: Research; Research date: 07/22/2015
Extent:: 1 photoprint.
NLM Unique ID:: 101436947 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A013626
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101436947

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