Stethoscope
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- OBJECT TYPE
- NON-SPECIFIC/MONAURAL/CLARKE'S
- DATE
- 1900–1915
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0045.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Hartz Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Germany
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 19.3 cm
- Width
- 5.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Hartz
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Presumably used c. 1900-1915; possibly also later.
- Canada
-
Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, Ont. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT USED TO AMPLIFY SOUNDS FROM WITHIN THE BODY ESPECIALLY USED TO LISTEN TO HEART, PULSE & LUNGS. - Technical
-
Example of unusual one-piece monaural stethoscope: most have separate ear-piece. First monaural stethoscope invented in France in 1816: compact and rugged, the instrument greatly improved the physician's ability to listen to internal body sounds. Monaural used exclusively c. 1820-1850 when binaural stethoscope introduced. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "Harz Co" [or 'Hartz Co."] & "Germany" marked on stethoscope.
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- LIGHT BROWN COATED WOOD
- Decoration
- N/A
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Hartz Co., Stethoscope, circa 1900–1915, Artifact no. 2002.0045, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0045.001/
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