Replica of Laennec Stethoscope used as Advertisement for Tenormin and Sorbitrate
notes: label: Description
content: Rene Théophile H. Laennec (1781-1826), a physician in Paris, invented the monaural stetho-scope in 1816. This is a modern replica of that instrument.
label: Description
content: The replica was made as an advertising device for two heart medications: Tenormin (atenolol), a beta-blocker used for conditions such as hypertension and angina, and Sorbitrate (isosorbide dinitrate), used for chest pain.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Miles Davis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0214.03
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0214.03
label: accession number
content: 2010.0214
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stethoscope
label: Object Name
content: stethoscope, wooden replica
label: Object Name
content: advertising device
label: Object Name
content: advertising device, cardiac durgs
label: Object Name
content: advertising device, heart medications
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (packaging material)
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content: paper (part: material)
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content: metal (part: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 12 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 3.175 cm x 31.115 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 1 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 5.3975 cm x 3.81 cm x 8.89 cm