Stethoscope

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OBJECT TYPE: non-specific/binaural/Dennison
DATE: 1890
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0869.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Dull, dark brown moulded synthetic [or rubber or vulcanite ?] ear tubes and chest piece; dull silver and goldtone metal bracket with threaded adjustment mechanism links ear tubes; dark brown/black woven fibre covering on tubing connecting ear tubes and chest piece.

Dimensions

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

Length: 41.3 cm
Width: 14.2 cm
Height: 7.3 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. 1890; 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, save UHN catalogue no "973.6.2 a" printed by hand in red ink on underside of one ear tube, near ear bud form. UHN catalogue no. "973.6.2 b" printed by hand in red ink near attachment point of upper and lower portions of stethoscope body. UHN catalogue no. "973.6.2.c" printed by hand in red ink on inside of chest piece bell.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Dull, dark brown moulded synthetic [or rubber or vulcanite ?] ear tubes and chest piece; dull silver and goldtone metal bracket with threaded adjustment mechanism links ear tubes; dark brown/black woven fibre covering on tubing connecting ear tubes and chest piece.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Stethoscope, circa 1890, Artifact no. 2002.0869, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0869.001/

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