Stethoscope
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MONAURAL
- DATE
- 1890–1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0078.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION..2 BAKELITE EARPIECE HAS METAL CENTRE RIM.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.3 cm
- Width
- 6.3 cm
- Height
- 18.0 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
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS STETHOSCOPE USED C.1880+. NOT USED AFT6ER 1925.
- Canada
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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. THIS STETHOSCOPE WAS USED BY DR. JOHN MCALPINE WHO PRACTICED AT LINDSAY, ONT. 1880-1925. - Function
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INSTRUMENT USED TO AMPLIFY SOUNDS FROM WITHIN THE BODY, INCLUDING HEARTBEAT, PULSE, AND BREATHING, SO THAT THEY MAY BE HEARD BY THE USER. - Technical
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EXAMPLE OF MONAURAL STETHOSCOPE WITH SEPARATE EARPIECE. FIRSTMONAURAL STETHOSCOPE INVENTED IN FRANCE IN 1816: COMPACT & 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
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 "X930.5.3B" handwritten in white ink on earpiece end of shaft..2 "X930.5.3A" handwritten in white ink on earpiece rim.
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- .1 NICKEL PLATED STETHOSCOPE TUBE AND CHESTPIECE; DARK BROWN/BLACK BAKELITE EARPIECE.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Stethoscope, circa 1890–1900, Artifact no. 2002.0078, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0078.001/
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