Stethoscope

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OBJECT TYPE: non-specific/binaural/Fleischer
DATE: 1950–1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0848.001

MANUFACTURER: Becton, Dickinson & Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Bright silver metal ear tubes and bracket, and Y-connector [linking tubing between ear tubes and chest piece]; dark brown/black synthetic (?) tubing connects ear pieces and chest piece; off-white moulded synthetic ear buds; black bakelite (?) and silver metal chest piece.

Dimensions

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

Length: 93.3 cm
Width: 13.0 cm
Height: 2.0 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: Becton
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: North America
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: Developed by Andrew Fleischer and first marketed in 1913, this improved stethoscope greatly reduced extraneous sounds, allowing physicians to monitor heart sounds more accurately. [Ref. 4]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "FLEISCHER STETHOSCOPE"and "B-D/ BECTON DICKENSON & CO." cast in raised print on chest piece back. "B-D/ MADE IN U.S.A." stamped into metal fitting connecting chest piece to tubing. "B-D" cast in raised print on opaque collar securing above connection point. UHN catalogue no. "982.5.23" printed by hand in white ink on ear tube bracket; "219" crudely printed in white ink, beside UHN catalogue no.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Bright silver metal ear tubes and bracket, and Y-connector [linking tubing between ear tubes and chest piece]; dark brown/black synthetic (?) tubing connects ear pieces and chest piece; off-white moulded synthetic ear buds; black bakelite (?) and silver metal chest piece.
Decoration: N/A

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Becton, Dickinson & Co., Stethoscope, circa 1950–1969, Artifact no. 2002.0848, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0848.001/

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