Stethoscope replica

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OBJECT TYPE: non-specific/monaural/Laennec's
DATE: 1929
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0473.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: wood

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 25.0 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 3.7 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Instruments
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
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, Ont. This replica of the earliest wooden model was made in 1929, on the orders of Dr. Harold Segall. He based this model on one owned by William Osler that traced back to Laennec in 1825. Segall donated the replica to the History of Medicine Museum in 1981.
Function: ALLOWS USER TO HEAR SOUNDS FROM WITHIN THE BODY. ESPECIALLY USED TO LISTEN TO HEART, PULSE & LUNGS.
Technical: First monaural stethoscope invented by physician Rene Laennec in France in 1816: compact and 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: None, save "981.20.1" printed by hand in white ink inside chest piece opening.
Missing: None.
Finish: Mahogany.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Stethoscope replica, 1929, Artifact no. 2002.0473, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0473.001/

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