Earpiece, stethoscope

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OBJECT TYPE: NON-SPECIFIC/MONAURAL/ROBERTS
DATE: 1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0504.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: wood (possibly maple]

Dimensions

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Width: N/A
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Diameter: 7.9 cm
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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: WHEN FIXED TO STETHOSCOPE, ALLOWS USER TO HEAR SOUNDS FROM WITHIN THE BODY. ESPECIALLY USED TO LISTEN TO HEART, PULSE & LUNGS.
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 b" printed by hand in black ink on earpiece.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Medium brown [maple ?] wood, varnished/lacquered.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Earpiece, stethoscope, circa 1900, Artifact no. 2002.0504, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0504.002/

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