Stethoscope
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- OBJECT TYPE
- NON-SPECIFIC/MONAURAL/HAWKESBY'S
- DATE
- 1870–1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0090.001
- 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 METAL (NICKEL ?) STEM;.2 SYNTHETIC (?) EARPIECE.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.7 cm
- Width
- 6.7 cm
- Height
- 19.4 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
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF STETHOSCOPE POPULAT C. 1870S- EARLY 1900S.
- 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. ACCORDING TO THEIRRECORDS, THIS STETHOSCOPE ORIGINALLY USED BY DR. CHARLES ROBINSON. - Function
-
USED TO AMPLIFY SOUNDS FROM WITHIN THE BODY, ESPECIALLY HEARTBEAT, PULSE & RESPIRATION, SO THAT THEY MAY BE HEARD BY THE USER. - Technical
-
FIRST MONAURAL 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
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 None, save UNH catalogue no. "X934.8.4B"..2 UHN catalogue no. "X934.8.4A" handwritten in white on underside of earpiece. "147 B" handwritten on tape label, also applied to underside of earpiece. "AM220" handwritten on white sticker applied to upper surface of earpiece.
- Missing
- NONE. .2 CRACK IN EARPIECE IS EVIDENT.
- Finish
- .1 DULL SILVER METAL STEM..2 DULL, SMOOTH DARK BROWN EARPIECE HAS THREADED METAL COLLAR FOR ATTACHMENT TO STEM.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Stethoscope, circa 1870–1900, Artifact no. 2002.0090, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0090.001/
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