Stethoscope

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OBJECT TYPE: MONAURAL
DATE: 1830–1870
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0077.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALL WOOD CONSTRUCTION, SAVE RUBBER RING.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 7.5 cm
Width: 7.5 cm
Height: 17.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Instruments
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: United Kingdom
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS MONAURAL STETHOSCOPE USED C. 1880S-C. 1900.
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 ON. THISSTETHOSCOPE WAS USED BY SIR BERTAM WINDLE (1858-1929) IN THE EARLY DAYS OF HIS MEDICAL PRACTICE. HE CAME TO TORONTO IN 1919, AFTER BEING APPOINTED PROF. OF ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE PHILOSOPHY DEPT. OF ST. MICHAEL'S COLLEGE AND SPECIAL LECTURER IN ETHNOLOGY OF UNIV. OF TORONTO (REF. 3).
Function: INSTRUMENT USED TO AMPLIFY SOUNDS FROM WITHIN THE BODY, INCLUDING HEARTBEAT, PULSE AND BREATHING, SO THAT THEY MAY BE HEARD BY THE USER.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF ONE-PIECE MONAURAL STYLE STETHOSCOPE. FIRST MONAURAL STETHOSCOPE WAS INVENTED IN FRANCE IN 1816: COMPACT AND RUGGED, THE INSTRUMENT GREATLY IMPROVED THE PHYSICIAN'S ABILITY TO LISTEN TO INTERNAL BODY SOUNDS. RUBBER RING USED AS PERCUSSOR.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "B C A W x" crudely incised in base.
Missing: NONE.
Finish: LIGHT BROWN WOOD SHAFT. DARK BROWN/BLACK WOOD BASE (EARPIECE) AND RUBBER RING.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Stethoscope, circa 1830–1870, Artifact no. 2002.0077, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0077.001/

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