Sideshow Hero Saved 7,000 Babies!

In the early 1900s, when doctors dismissed premature babies as “weaklings” unfit to live, Martin Cooney, a sideshow entertainer, defied the odds by showcasing his innovative incubators—dubbed “child hatcheries”—at amusement parks worldwide, charging 25 cents for visitors to see tiny infants in glass boxes. Using the profits, Cooney teamed up with nurses and doctors to perfect his infantorium exhibits, saving over 7,000 lives and proving to a skeptical public that premature babies could thrive with proper care. By 1943, his efforts revolutionized neonatal care, ensuring nearly every U.S. hospital adopted his incubators and cementing his legacy as an unlikely lifesaver.

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