Stethoscope

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OBJECT TYPE: NON-SPECIFIC/MONAURAL
DATE: 1860–1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0501.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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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: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: 16.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 4.6 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 c. 1860-1900; 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: Example of unusual one-piece monaural stethoscope: most have 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: "50" appears written in blue ink on inside of earpiece. UHN catalogue no. "X932.1.1" printed by hand in white ink on shaft, near chest-piece.
Missing: None.
Finish: Wood appears lacquered/varnished.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Stethoscope, circa 1860–1900, Artifact no. 2002.0501, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0501.001/

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