The Belcroy Tube Feeder
date: label: date made
content: about 1955
name: label: maker
content: John Bell & Croyden
notes: label: Description
content: Glass feeding tube for preterm infants. The feeder comes with two different sized rubber nipples -- one on each end of the feeding tube. The feeder is calibrated from one to six teaspoons of liquid and marked along the side: "THE BELCROY FEEDER / REG. DESIGN NO. 866007." The original brown cardboard box has an off-white and brown paper label which reads: "For Premature Infants / Will overcome the difficulty of Feeding the small baby."
label: Description
content: Many preterm infants have difficulties sucking and swallowing as well as respiration issues which can make feeding a challenge. Baby bottles designed for full term infants are often to large and require more strength than a preterm is capable of providing. Medicine droppers were recommended as a way to provide nourishment to a diminutive infant before feeders specifically designed for preterm infants were marketed.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0068.01
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0068.01
label: accession number
content: 2007.0068
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Baby Bottle
label: Object Name
content: infant feeder
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 7 5/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 3.4925 cm x 19.3675 cm x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 7 9/16 in x 1 5/16 in x 2.3 cm; 3.175 cm x 19.20875 cm x 3.33375 cm x 7/8 in