Modified Auvard incubator. Artwork showing a cross section of a modified incubator designed by the French obstetrician Pierre-Victor-Adolphe Auvard fo

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Modified Auvard incubator. Artwork showing a cross section of a modified incubator designed by the French obstetrician Pierre-Victor-Adolphe Auvard for premature babies. This inexpensive incubator was introduced in the 1880s and became very popular. It maintained temperature, humidity and oxygen levels at optimum conditions.

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Size: 3378px × 2587px
Photo credit: © NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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