General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL (NICKEL ?) STEM;.2 SYNTHETIC (?) EARPIECE.

Dimensions

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

Length

6.7 cm

Width

6.7 cm

Height

19.4 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

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF STETHOSCOPE POPULAT C. 1870S- EARLY 1900S.

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. ACCORDING TO THEIRRECORDS, THIS STETHOSCOPE ORIGINALLY USED BY DR. CHARLES ROBINSON.

Function

USED TO AMPLIFY SOUNDS FROM WITHIN THE BODY, ESPECIALLY HEARTBEAT, PULSE & RESPIRATION, SO THAT THEY MAY BE HEARD BY THE USER.

Technical

FIRST MONAURAL STETHOSCOPE INVENTED IN FRANCE IN 1816: COMPACT & RUGGED, THE INSTRUMENT GREATLY IMPROVED THE PHYSICIAN'S ABILITY TO LISTEN TO INTERNAL BODY SOUNDS. MONAURAL USED EXCLUSIVELY C. 1820-1850 WHEN BINAURAL STETHOSCOPE INTRODUCED.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 None, save UNH catalogue no. "X934.8.4B"..2 UHN catalogue no. "X934.8.4A" handwritten in white on underside of earpiece. "147 B" handwritten on tape label, also applied to underside of earpiece. "AM220" handwritten on white sticker applied to upper surface of earpiece.

Missing

NONE. .2 CRACK IN EARPIECE IS EVIDENT.

Finish

.1 DULL SILVER METAL STEM..2 DULL, SMOOTH DARK BROWN EARPIECE HAS THREADED METAL COLLAR FOR ATTACHMENT TO STEM.

Decoration

N/A