It’s hard to imagine there was ever a time in our history when we lacked the tiny incubators designed for premature babies that we see in the NICU nowadays.  We have a man named Dr. Couney and his turn of the century amusement park side-shows to thank for these life-saving machines.  But who was Dr. Couney, and was he actually even a doctor? In this episode we explore the man behind the modern-day NICU staple, and how he saved thousands of babies from certain death.

Run Time: 31 minutes, 19 seconds

RESOURCES:

• Atlas Obscura: Incubator Babies of Coney Island
• History of Medicine: The Incubator Babies of Coney Island
• Coney Island’s Incubator Babies

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