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Assignment 1 Filipino Invention

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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Assignment 1 Filipino Invention

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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