Stethoscope

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OBJECT TYPE: non-specific/binaural/Douglass
DATE: 1950–1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0846.001

MANUFACTURER: Ingram & Bell Ltd.
MODEL: Douglass
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: Silver metal chest piece and ear tubes; black moulded synthetic ear buds; red rubber (?) tubing connects ear pieces to chest piece; black synthetic membrane on face of chest piece conducts sound.

Dimensions

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

Length: 58.5 cm
Width: 10.4 cm
Height: 3.4 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Ingram Bell
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Presumably used c. 1950s-1960s; 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, ON.
Function: Allows user to hear sounds from within the body. Especially used to listen to heart, pulse & lungs.
Technical: Designed by Alfred A. Douglass, this stethoscope style was promoted as an improvement to the Bowles stethoscope, and considered more sensitive. [Ref. 4]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "DOUGLASS STETHOSCOPE" and logo & "INGRAM BELL LIMITED" stamped into back of chest piece. UHN catalogue no. "972.18.3A" printed by hand in white ink on back of chest piece. UHN catalogue no. "972.18.3 b" printed by hand in black ink on underside of ear tube bracket.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Silver metal chest piece and ear tubes; black moulded synthetic ear buds; red rubber (?) tubing connects ear pieces to chest piece; black synthetic membrane on face of chest piece conducts sound.
Decoration: N/A

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Ingram & Bell Ltd., Stethoscope, circa 1950–1969, Artifact no. 2002.0846, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0846.001/

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