Stethoscope
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MONAURAL
- DATE
- 1915
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0083.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- POSSIBLY SYNTHETIC OR RUBBER.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 5.7 cm
- Width
- 5.7 cm
- Height
- 17.3 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
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF STETHOSCOPE USED C. 1915
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE COLLECTION OF MEDICAL ARTIFACTS, ARCHIVAL MATERIAL & TRADE LITERATURE - 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
-
MONAURAL STETHOSCOPE WITH BODY TUBE WHICH MAY BE POSITIONED EITHER VERTICALLY OR AT 45-DEGREE ANGLE TO EARPIECE.FIRST MONAURAL STETHOSCOPE INVENTED IN FRANCE IN 1816: COMPACT & RUGGED, THEINSTRUMENT GREATLY IMPROVED THE PHYSICIAN'S ABILITY TO LISTEN TO INTERNAL BODY SOUNDS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 "977.10.4B" handwritten in white ink on rim of chestpiece..2 "977.10.4A" handwritten in white ink on rim of earpiece.
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- DULL DARK-BROWN/ BLACK FINISH.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Stethoscope, circa 1915, Artifact no. 2002.0083, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0083.001/
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