Stethoscope
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890s
notes: label: Description
content: This binaural stethoscope features a spring mechanism that adjusts the earpieces to fit the user’s ears. The form was devised by Charles Dennison, a physician in Denver, Colorado. This example was used by Dr. William P. Morgan (1841-1922).
label: Description
content: Ref: Chas. Truax & Co., <i>Price List of Physicians’ Supplies</i> (Chicago, 1890), p. 645.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
label: Subject
content: Diagnostic Equipment
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.004
label: catalog number
content: M-14133
label: catalog number
content: 302606.004
label: accession number
content: 302606
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stethoscope
label: Object Name
content: stethoscope, monaural
label: Object Name
content: stethoscope, binaural
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (tubes material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (bell and ear pieces material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk? (tubes material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 34.29 cm x 8.89 cm x 3.81 cm