Sideshow Medicine
A German Jewish man turned premature baby care into a spectacle, showcasing incubators at expositions in Berlin and London, where he claimed to be a physician. Despite the initial skepticism about the survival of the infants, all six babies thrived, leading to a successful sideshow in Coney Island. Visitors paid to witness this unusual yet well-managed intensive care unit, which was surprisingly clean and staffed by trained nurses, highlighting the bizarre intersection of entertainment and medical care in the late 1800s.In this clip
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