Stethoscope

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OBJECT TYPE
MONAURAL
DATE
1830–1870
ARTIFACT NUMBER
2002.0077.001
MANUFACTURER
Unknown
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
England

More Information


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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