M0017257: Row of Lion incubators for babies, with nurses standing next to them, 1896

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Lion Incubator in use attended by Dr. Lion, 1896

Reproduction of a photograph of a row on incubators for premature babies in use in Paris, 1896. The incubators were used at an establishment in Nice founded by Dr Alexandre Lion for the care of premature babies. Dr Lion is standing by the last incubator. Published in Strand Magazine, 1896

March 1959

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

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