Vickers portable ‘Egg’ incubator, model 47, with built in oxygen cylinder, Vickers Medical, 1960-1970 Vickers Portable ‘Egg’ incubator model 47 1960-1970
Vickers portable ‘Egg’ incubator, model 47, with broken fragments in bag, Vickers Medical, 1960-1970. Incubator contains electronic thermostat, micro-switch temperature control and warning alarm for overheating. Vickers model 47 portable 'egg' incubator circa 1960-1970
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