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'''Premature birth''' is the birth of human before full term is reached at 37 weeks. It is most common for twins and other multiple births. The smallest babies to survive weighed in at less than 10 ounces, born 16 weeks early.
==Image==
Some famous people have been premature, including [[Isaac Newton]] and [[Winston Churchill]], but until the mid-20th century survival rates were low. Increased attention to premature infants in the early 20th century was a result not only of improved technology, especially the incubator, but also of increased public awareness. As the general infant mortality rate dropped, premature births and deaths became more visible. Public displays of babies in incubators, such as the exhibit at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago in 1933, brought premature infants to the attention of the general public. The popular media published articles describing prematurity and extolling hospital care. This awareness of the issue of prematurity and medical advances designed to save the lives of infants changed the image of such children.<ref> Elizabeth A. Reedy, "From Weakling to Fighter: Changing the Image of Premature Infants." ''Nursing History Review'' 2003 11: 109-127. 1062-8061 </Ref>
==see also==
* [[Infant mortality]]
==Further readiing==
* Baker, Jeffrey Paul. "The Machine in the Nursery: The Premature Infant Incubator and the Origins of Neonatal Medicine in France and the United States, 1880-1922." PhD dissertation Duke U. 1993. 491 pp. DAI 1994 55(2): 359-360-A. DA9416900
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[[category:demography]]
==Image==
Some famous people have been premature, including [[Isaac Newton]] and [[Winston Churchill]], but until the mid-20th century survival rates were low. Increased attention to premature infants in the early 20th century was a result not only of improved technology, especially the incubator, but also of increased public awareness. As the general infant mortality rate dropped, premature births and deaths became more visible. Public displays of babies in incubators, such as the exhibit at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago in 1933, brought premature infants to the attention of the general public. The popular media published articles describing prematurity and extolling hospital care. This awareness of the issue of prematurity and medical advances designed to save the lives of infants changed the image of such children.<ref> Elizabeth A. Reedy, "From Weakling to Fighter: Changing the Image of Premature Infants." ''Nursing History Review'' 2003 11: 109-127. 1062-8061 </Ref>
==see also==
* [[Infant mortality]]
==Further readiing==
* Baker, Jeffrey Paul. "The Machine in the Nursery: The Premature Infant Incubator and the Origins of Neonatal Medicine in France and the United States, 1880-1922." PhD dissertation Duke U. 1993. 491 pp. DAI 1994 55(2): 359-360-A. DA9416900
====references====
<references/>
[[category:demography]]