Unravelling the Mystery of the Infantorium

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Writing: Bevan Rees
Editing: Alex Brown
Script Development: Steven Rix

[Heva]

My grandma was born pre-mature in the 1920's, the doctors told her parents that the kind thing to do would be to not care for her as she would die an early death and not be disabled. Her parent's decided to ignore this advice and cared for her and she lived. The doctor were surprised but then said she would never have a normal life or have chlidren. She became an educated book clerk and wartime nurse and had 3 kids. She passed away at aged 89 after a full life. Doctors were very wrong

[zoiemarks]

so he essentially crowd funded a revolutionary treatment plan for these babies and in return for the crowd funding they were able to view the babies they supported, this is genius

[flicka]

He was ahead of his time and like so many like him was ridiculed. I'm glad he was proven right.

[CyborgWolf]

He may have been "sketchy" but honestly, what's sketchy when you save 7000 babies without ruining the parents?
It seems "insensitive" to put them on display, but the money raised helped them so... Yeah I can't be mad at him. The guy is a hero.

[ATBZ]

Honestly this dude is an angel, saving tons of babies while not charging the parents at all. And even only charged visitors just enough to pay his nurses and himself. One of the few uncorrupt medical pioneers.

[amybradbury]

I had an elderly friend who told me he'd been born premature in the early 1900's. Everyone was devastated, sure he would die, but his grandmother refused to give up. The story goes that she fired up their wood stove, wrapped him in blankets, and put him in a pot on the back burner, then kept the stove burning day and night, and that's where he lived for the first months of his life. I always thought it was an incredible story, and an incredible woman, and I'm glad I got the chance to have known him.

[garyberger]

This video very nearly brought me to tears. Not because you did anything wrong, but because the subject matter hits really close to home. Babies in my family have died from premature birth, and I grew up hearing about what they might've looked like, or how they might've acted. If this man prevented families from feeling that pain up to 7, 000 times, he gets called a Doctor in my book. He's a hero.

[davidlancaster]

This is really uplifting and disturbing at the same time. Disturbing because no matter how much good the doctor did he was hounded and almost stopped because of ignorance. Uplifting because he prevailed. His methods are admirable and as for the way he treated the nurses it should be repeated. Great graphics and story telling here. Don't know where Thoughty2 found this one. Good job bro! Lvya

[its_sigh]

I’m just gonna say it; IF he did do this for money, which I doubt it, he deserves it tenfold. As well as an award. Regardless of the reasons, the outcome is incredible and genius.

[alicewilloughby]

5:33 - Smart! Especially when you consider how little most people knew about the dangers of alcohol and cigarets to unborn babies and the recipients of breast milk!
I say it's wonderful that this doctor (whether real or otherwise) found a way to save so many babies without charging the parents! If he had to put the premature infants on display to make it work, so be it!
I was appalled when I first learned that eugenics was actually a thing in this country - and in the 20th Century, for God's sake!! What's wrong with people?!
12:08 - But a fire can break out almost anywhere! Why blame it on the amusement park?

[Johnny-sjsj]

I was born in 1948. My mother was a chain-smoking 41-year-old and had previously suffered a couple of miscarriages. I was just over one month premature and hit the scales at 4 lb 2 oz, spending my first six weeks in an incubator. My father wasn’t allowed to see me for nearly 2 months, by which time he said he could bathe my head in a teacup. I am now fit and healthy and I’ve put on a bit of weight since then. This guy, loony or not, thanks Doc! 🤪🇬🇧

[Montina_Paullin]

This is amazing! My great-aunt Hazel was born right around 1900.. weighing less than 2lbs. Her parents put her in a shoebox & placed her on the open oven door.. so she would be kept consistently warm. She lived to be over 100yrs old! When I was little she showed me her original shoebox & told me the story. She never married, traveled the world, collected dolls from every country & gave piano lessons well into her 90s. I wonder what all other fantastic lives those babies who were saved had..

[kathythomas]

Humane treatment of nurses. WHAT A GREAT IDEA ! !

[KSangel]

My Great Aunt was a preemie. Her Mother died in labor. The Doctors told my Great Grandpa that she wouldn't make it and that that was just how it was for preemies. Grandpa didn't give up. He got as much advice as he could and set about taking care of her. He kept her in a shoe box by the fire and fed her goat's milk. She grew up to be beautiful and sweet. She went on to live into her 80's. Grandpa was definitely not a perfect person but he did the right thing then.

[Unknown__]

My mother works at a nursing home my whole life pretty much. I met one of the babies that actually came from the infanthorium. She still had the metal bracelet that they gave out. To the babies that had her name on it so that she wouldn’t get mixed up with anyone. I just found it so interesting and fascinating.

[tysonstrom]

As a father of three preemies, this is awesome!! Way ahead of his time and a true gift to countless families. Down to skin on skin and human touch. The babies that get the most do the best. Thanks for this video!! I had no idea about this man and what he did. Been a fan for quite a while and will continue to be. Keep up the good work! 👍🏻

[justkittensbeingkittens]

Saying he did this just for money is like saying that animal shelters selling pets is also just for money. We use the money from younger animals that get adopted faster to support the older ones or medically unavailable ones. Yeah, they’re a bit expensive but they are adopted after being fixed and vaccinated for whatever they’re able to be

[kght]

in a world where most of the doctors that existed would be in prison if they practiced today, was he really a fake?

[randomlycreative]

It was probably because he wasn’t a real medical doctor that he came up with such a solution. He wasn’t worried about what other academics would think of him

[sock]

I'm amazed at how right his intuition was about care of premature babies. I mean we've only recently shown that physical touch is really important for the development of an infant's immune system.