Stethoscope

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OBJECT TYPE
NON-SPECIFIC/MONAURAL/HAWKESBY'S
DATE
1870–1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER
2002.0090.001
MANUFACTURER
Unknown
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Unknown

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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

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Unknown Manufacturer, Stethoscope, circa 1870–1900, Artifact no. 2002.0090, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0090.001/

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