Stethoscope
notes: label: Description
content: George Philip Cammann (1804-1863), a New York City physician who had studied in Paris, came up with the idea of a binaural stethoscope. The first example, unveiled in 1852, was made by George Tiemann (1795-1868), a German immigrant with a surgical instrument shop in New York. This example clearly reflects that design. An inscription reads “GENOU / PARIS.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09700
label: accession number
content: 235477
label: catalog number
content: M-09700
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stethoscope
label: Object Name
content: stethoscope, binaural
label: Other Terms
content: Ascultation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rubber(?) (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 1 1/8 in; 34.29 cm x 11.43 cm x 2.8575 cm