Stethoscope

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OBJECT TYPE: non-specific/binaural
DATE: 1851–1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0865.001

MANUFACTURER: Codman & Shurtleff
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Boston, Massachusetts, 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: Dull silver metal ear pieces and hinge; dark green woven fabric covering on tubing linking chest piece and ear pieces; dark brown/black moulded synthetic ear buds and bulbous, elongated chest piece.

Dimensions

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

Length: 34.9 cm
Width: 15.8 cm
Height: 2.8 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: Codman Shurtleff
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Massachusetts
City: Boston

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Presumably used 1851- 1900; 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: UHN catalogue no. "1998.13.5" printed by hand in black ink on lower end of ear piece. "CODMAN & SHURTLEFF" and "BOSTON" stamped into ear tube hinge.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Dull silver metal ear pieces and hinge; dark green woven fabric covering on tubing linking chest piece and ear pieces; dark brown/black moulded synthetic ear buds and bulbous, elongated chest piece.
Decoration: N/A

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Codman & Shurtleff, Stethoscope, between 1851–1900, Artifact no. 2002.0865, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0865.001/

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