Stethoscope part

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OBJECT TYPE: non-specific/binaural/Fleischer/bracelet
DATE: 1900–1925
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0858.001

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

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: chest piece and wrist strap
Patents: N/A
General Description: Black moulded synthetic chest piece; silver metal connector, strap clip and fittings; dark brown woven fabric wrist strap.

Dimensions

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

Length: 40.1 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Height: 1.5 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: New Jersey
City: Rutherford

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Presumably used in early 1900s; 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 conduct sound from it's source to a single listener. Specifically, the chest piece amplifies sound from a specific area.
Technical: Design facilitates measurement of blood pressure.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "FLEISCHER STETHOSCOPE/ B-D/ BECTON DICKINSON & CO." cast in raised print on chest piece casing back. UHN catalogue no. "979.12.11" printed by hand in white ink on reverse. "B-D LUER- LOK PAT. 1742497" stamped into collar of metal connector. "BUSHNELL" stamped into metal slide adjustment on wrist strap.
Missing: Appears complete. Connects to the ear tubes - this is just the diaphragm head, I think. Sue W. ( I also think it goes around a wrist.)
Finish: Black moulded synthetic chest piece; silver metal connector, strap clip and fittings; dark brown woven fabric wrist strap.
Decoration: N/A

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Becton, Dickinson & Co., Stethoscope part, circa 1900–1925, Artifact no. 2002.0858, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0858.001/

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