Stethoscope
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- OBJECT TYPE
- NON-SPECIFIC/MONAURAL/ROBERTS
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0504.001
- 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
- wood (possibly maple]
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
- 15.9 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 3.2 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
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Presumably used c. 1900; possibly also used 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
-
Roberts style monaural allows instrument shaft to be inserted crosswise through earpiece, reducing size for ease of carrying. The earpiece is attached in the traditional manner when in actual use. (Ref. 4) 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
- UHN catalogue number "972.18.4 a" printed by hand in black ink on shaft. " Dr. G.H. Agnew" printed in black ink on adhesive tape encircling shaft, near chestpiece.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Medium brown [maple ?] wood, varnished/lacquered.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Stethoscope, circa 1900, Artifact no. 2002.0504, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0504.001/
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