Stethoscope
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- OBJECT TYPE
- non-specific/binaural/Douglass
- DATE
- 1920–1929
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0866.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Hartz, J.F. Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Silver metal ear pieces, chest piece and tensioned bracket; black/dark- brown synthetic (?) tubing secured to chest piece by off-white fibre string; black/ dark-brown moulded synthetic ear buds.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 39.0 cm
- Width
- 13.0 cm
- Height
- 2.2 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
- Hartz
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Presumably used c. 1920s; 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
-
Designed by Alfred A. Douglass, this stethoscope style was promoted as an improvement to the Bowles stethoscope, and considered more sensitive. [Ref. 4] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "DOUGLASS STETHOSCOPE" and "[double heart logo]/ J.F. HARTZ CO. LTD." stamped into back of chest piece. UHN catalogue no. "969.144" printed by hand in black ink on original artifact tag [removed for storage in Supp. Info. file.]
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Silver metal ear pieces, chest piece and tensioned bracket; black/dark- brown synthetic (?) tubing secured to chest piece by off-white fibre string; black/ dark-brown moulded synthetic ear buds.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Hartz, J.F. Co. Ltd., Stethoscope, circa 1920–1929, Artifact no. 2002.0866, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2002.0866.001/
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