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Vickers portable ‘Egg’ incubator, model 47, with built in oxygen cylinder, Vickers Medical, circa 1970. Incubator contains electronic thermostat, micro-switch temperature control and warning alarm for overheating.

Vickers model 47 portable 'egg' incubator, c. 1970

1965-1970
Vickers portable ‘Egg’ incubator, model 47, with broken fragments in bag, Vickers Medical, circa 1970. Incubator contains electronic thermostat, micro-switch temperature control and warning alarm for overheating.

Vickers model 47 portable 'egg' incubator, c. 1970

1965-1970
Oxygenaire portable incubator (sliding drawer access). Circa 1950s. Acquired from St Anne's Hospital, Bristol in 1997. Probably sole examples of this type of portable incubator still in existence. When more babies were born at home, portable incubators were frequently needed for journeys from home to hospital. They were also used to move babies to special care units from outlying hospitals. Many were designed to operate from ambulance batteries.

Portable incubator

1950-1959
Fragments from Oxygenaire portable incubator (sliding drawer access). Circa 1950s.

Portable incubator

1950-1959
Oxygenaire portable incubator (sliding drawer access). Circa 1950s. Acquired from St Anne's Hospital, Bristol in 1997. Probably sole examples of this type of portable incubator still in existence. When more babies were born at home, portable incubators were frequently needed for journeys from home to hospital. They were also used to move babies to special care units from outlying hospitals. Many were designed to operate from ambulance batteries.

Portable incubator

1950-1959