Stethoscope
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
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 later example belonged to Augustus A. Clewell (1845-1911), a physician in Baltimore.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.302606.021
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: M-14150
label: catalog number
content: 302606.021
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stethoscope
label: Object Name
content: stethoscope, monaural
label: Object Name
content: stethoscope, binaural
label: Other Terms
content: Ascultation Instruments
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, white (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 8 cm x 41 cm x 2.4 cm; x 3 1/8 in x 16 1/8 in x 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/8 in x 3 1/8 in x 1 in; 40.9575 cm x 7.9375 cm x 2.54 cm