Since the recent use of adrenalin to resuscitate adults at the point of death from shock (TiME, April 14), the extract has again been employed with apparent success to start the life processes in four babies in the metropolitan district of New York, who were born dead or too weak to live. Keen interest in these cases is being displayed by medical men, and further study of the possibilities of adrenalin has been stimulated. At some hospitals it has been used extensively, though not specifically for this purpose. The delicate operation is...
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