Reference NumberMIMM/2021-8/122
TitleBelcroy Tube Feeder
Date1925-1975
Creator NameJohn Bell and Croyden Ltd.; 1908-; dispensing chemists & pharmaceutical products manufacturer
DescriptionGlass Belcroy tube feeder for premature infants. Marked with the words: "THE BELCROY FEEDER" and a measurement scale of 1-6 tea spoons. In original box, the lid of which reads: "For Premature Infants/Will overcome the difficulty of Feeding the small baby./THE "BELCROY" TUBE FEEDER/Cavendish A Brand/JOHN BELL & CROYDEN,/Dispensing & Analytical Chemists,/Wigmore Street, LONDON, W.1." Also a sticker attached reading: "Supplied by/D.J.ROWE, M.P.S./Chemist & Optician/73, Woodhouse St./PORTADOWN".
Extent2 items
DimensionsTube: 109mm (length) x 20mm (max. diameter)
Box: 185mm x 34mm x 30mm
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Credit LineRoyal College of Physicians of Ireland
Object NameBaby-Feeder
Box
TermBottle Feeding -- Instrumentation
Infant, Premature
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/6128John Bell and Croyden Ltd.; 1908-; dispensing chemists & pharmaceutical products manufacturer1908-
DS/UK/6129D.J. Rowe; fl. mid twentieth century; chemist & opticianfl. mid twentieth century
Places
CodeSet
NA186Portadown/County Armagh/Northern Ireland/United Kingdom
NA42London/England/United Kingdom
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