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    1) Fe del Mundo invented a medical incubator in 1941 out of bamboo baskets and hot water bottles to help premature infants in rural Philippine communities without access to modern incubators. 2) Inspired by the death of her sister, del Mundo became the first Asian admitted to Harvard Medical School and made inventions that were inexpensive and could be reproduced by people with limited medical access. 3) Her makeshift incubator regulated infant body temperature using two bamboo baskets of different sizes placed inside each other, surrounded by hot water bottles and covered with a hood with attached oxygen.

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    1) Fe del Mundo invented a medical incubator in 1941 out of bamboo baskets and hot water bottles to help premature infants in rural Philippine communities without access to modern incubators. 2) Inspired by the death of her sister, del Mundo became the first Asian admitted to Harvard Medical School and made inventions that were inexpensive and could be reproduced by people with limited medical access. 3) Her makeshift incubator regulated infant body temperature using two bamboo baskets of different sizes placed inside each other, surrounded by hot water bottles and covered with a hood with attached oxygen.

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    1) Fe del Mundo invented a medical incubator in 1941 out of bamboo baskets and hot water bottles to help premature infants in rural Philippine communities without access to modern incubators. 2) Inspired by the death of her sister, del Mundo became the first Asian admitted to Harvard Medical School and made inventions that were inexpensive and could be reproduced by people with limited medical access. 3) Her makeshift incubator regulated infant body temperature using two bamboo baskets of different sizes placed inside each other, surrounded by hot water bottles and covered with a hood with attached oxygen.

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    1) Fe del Mundo invented a medical incubator in 1941 out of bamboo baskets and hot water bottles to help premature infants in rural Philippine communities without access to modern incubators. 2) Inspired by the death of her sister, del Mundo became the first Asian admitted to Harvard Medical School and made inventions that were inexpensive and could be reproduced by people with limited medical access. 3) Her makeshift incubator regulated infant body temperature using two bamboo baskets of different sizes placed inside each other, surrounded by hot water bottles and covered with a hood with attached oxygen.

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    BSSTAT 1-1
    Assignment 1

    Filipino Invention

    Medical Incubator

    Inventor

    Fe del Mundo was born in Manilla, Philippines in 1911, del Mundo was
    inspired to enter the field of medicine after the death of her 11-year-old sister. In
    1926, she enrolled in the University of the Philippines and graduated as
    valedictorian of her class.

    Fe del Mundo, the first Asian to have entered the prestigious Harvard
    University’s School of Medicine, is also credited for her studies that led to the
    invention of incubator and jaundice relieving device. Del Mundo, an International
    Pediatric Association (IPA) awardee, is an alumna of the University of the
    Philippines (UP) College of Medicine. Since 1941, she has contributed more than
    100 articles to medical journals in the U.S., Philippines and India. In 1966, she
    received the Elizabeth Blackwell Award, for her “outstanding service to mankind”.
    In 1977, she was bestowed the Ramon Magsaysay Award for outstanding public
    service.

    Description

    According to a biographical report on del Mundo by the Philippine Center


    for Investigative Journalism, the physician's makeshift incubator was composed
    of two native laundry baskets made of bamboo. Made of different sizes, the
    baskets were “placed one inside the other.” She would then put hot water bottles
    all around and between the baskets to regulate the body temperature of babies.
    “I put a little hood over it and attached oxygen for the baby,” she said. “We had to
    do with whatever was available.” However, we were not able to find any photo of
    the incubator (or know where its remains lie today).

    It was reported that it was del Mundo’s objective of making inventions that
    are inexpensive and can be reproduced by people who have limited access to
    medical centers.

    Time of Invention/Discovery

    In a bid to help families in rural communities without electricity, del Mundo


    invented a bamboo incubator in 1941.

    Source/Reference

    Bulan, Amierielle Anne. (2018). “5 things we shouldn’t forget about renowned


    scientist Dr. Fe Del Mundo” NOLISOLI.

    Pirani, Diza (2018). “Who was Fe del Mundo? Google honors Filipina doctor, the
    first woman admitted to Harvard Medical School” AJC.

    Ardent21. (2014). “Filipino Inventors and their Inventions”.


    https://eazywordassign.wordpress.com/2014/11/17/filipino-inventors-and-their-
    inventions/

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