Cover, stethoscope chest piece

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OBJECT TYPE: non-specific/binaural/Bowles
DATE: 1901
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0849.002

MANUFACTURER: Pilling, G.P. & Son
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: silver metal

Dimensions

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

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Width: N/A
Height: N/A
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Weight: N/A
Diameter: 5.2 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Pilling
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Pennsylvania
City: Philadelphia

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Presumably used c. 1901-1950; 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: To protect and contain membrane of stethoscope chest piece when not in use for auscultation.
Technical: This style stethoscope developed by Dr. Robert C.M. Bowles in 1894. Original version has a flat diaphragm chest piece which could be used alone, or with a short rod that screwed into the diaphragm to localize heart sounds. The chest piece could be connected to a binaural earpiece, or could be used alone by applying the ear directly to the hollow opening. Early versions of the Bowles stethoscope had only the diaphragm chest piece but later models (referred to as "combination stethoscopes" had both a bell and diaphragm interchangeable in the same chest piece. George P. Pilling & Son Co. of Philadelphia was the sole manufacturer of the Bowles stethoscope in America from 1900 to c. 1950. [Ref. 3]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "THIS COVER TO BE TAKEN OFF/ BEFORE USING/ STETHOSCOPE/ G.P. PILLING & SON CO./ PHILA. U.S.A." stamped into cover. UHN catalogue no. "970.8.1 b" printed by hand in black ink on outside of cover.
Missing: Complete.
Finish: Dull silver metal disk has three tensioned flanges which secure cover over face of stethoscope chest piece.
Decoration: N/A

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Pilling, G.P. & Son, Cover, stethoscope chest piece, after 1901, Artifact no. 2002.0849, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0849.002/

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