Stethoscope

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OBJECT TYPE: NON-SPECIFIC/MONAURAL
DATE: 1880–1899
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0500.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: wood (possibly cedar) shaft; bakelite earpiece.

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: 18.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 7.0 cm
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: Presumably used in late 19th c.; possibly also later.
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.
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: Traditional style monaural stethoscope, having a separate ear-piece. First monaural stethoscope invented 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 evident, save UHN catalogue no. "X931.1.1A" printed by hand in white ink on distal end of shaft. UHN catalogue no. "X931.1.1B" printed by hand in white ink on unfinished surface of earpiece.
Missing: None. Earpiece is broken: fragment is complete & present.
Finish: Cedar (?) wood shaft has been stained: smooth black bakelite earpiece.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Stethoscope, circa 1880–1899, Artifact no. 2002.0500, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0500.001/

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