Stethoscope
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MONAURAL
- DATE
- 1850–1880
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0079.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALL WOOD CONSTRUCTION.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.8 cm
- Width
- 6.8 cm
- Height
- 16.8 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
- Europe
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF STETHOSCOPE POPULAR C. MID TO LATE 1800S.
- 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. - 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 STETHOSCOPE. FIRST INVENTED IN FRANCE IN 1816, THE MONAURALSTHETOSCOPE IS RUGGED & COMPACT, AND GREATLY IMPROVED THE PHYSICIAN'S ABILITY TO LISTEN TO INTERNAL BODY SOUNDS. THIS STYLE WAS USED EXCLUSIVELY C. 1820-1850, WHEN BINAURAL STETHOSCOPE WAS INTRODUCED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "X940.2.4" handwritten in white ink inside chestpiece. [* According to uhn inventories, images, etc. supplied to CSTM at time of transfer, this number should be 'X940.1.4'].
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Stethoscope, circa 1850–1880, Artifact no. 2002.0079, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0079.001/
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