The Sideshow Doctor’s Revolutionary Incubator Show
Most doctors in the 1900s wrote off premature babies as lost causes. Then along came Martin Couney, a sideshow entertainer with a wild idea: display these tiny infants in “child hatcheries” at Coney Island. People paid to see the babies, which funded their medical care. Through this unusual method, Couney saved 6,500 premature babies who would have otherwise died.
