Stethoscope

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OBJECT TYPE: non-specific/binaural
DATE: 1890–1899
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0864.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
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: Bulbous elongated ball-shaped black/dark brown wood stethoscope chest piece and ear pieces: each earpiece fitted with dark-brown rubber [?] or synthetic [?] rings; dark brown woven fabric covering on tubing.

Dimensions

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

Length: 44.5 cm
Width: 2.9 cm
Height: 3.1 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: Unknown
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Presumably used c. 1890s; 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: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None evident, save UHN catalogue no. "X942.2.2" printed by hand in white ink on inside of chest piece.
Missing: Missing wire neck piece. [Ref. 3]
Finish: Bulbous elongated ball-shaped black/dark brown wood stethoscope chest piece and ear pieces: each earpiece fitted with dark-brown rubber [?] or synthetic [?] rings; dark brown woven fabric covering on tubing.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Stethoscope, circa 1890–1899, Artifact no. 2002.0864, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0864.001/

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