Earpiece, stethoscope
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- OBJECT TYPE
- NON-SPECIFIC/MONAURAL
- DATE
- 1870–1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0090.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Synthetic earpiece with metal insert
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- 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
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Unknown - Technical
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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
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- None apparent
- Finish
- Brown synthetic earpiece with grey metal in centre
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Earpiece, stethoscope, circa 1870–1900, Artifact no. 2002.0090, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0090.002/
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