Stethoscope
name: label: maker
content: Becton, Dickinson and Company
notes: label: Description
content: The inscriptions on this stethoscope read “DR. KEHLER'S IMPROVED STETHOSCOPE” and “PAT. MAY 4 '97 / PAT. JUNE 25. '01” and “BECTON, DICKINSON & CO./ NEW YORK.”
label: Description
content: Ref: William H. Wigmore, “Stethoscope,” U.S. Patent 581,929 (May 4, 1897).
label: Description
content: Walter E. Scott, “Stethoscope,” U.S. Patent 676,999 (June 25, 1901).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.302606.218.02
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.218.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stethoscope
label: Object Name
content: stethoscope, binaural
label: Other Terms
content: Ascultation Instruments; Binaural
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 39 cm x 9 cm; 15 3/8 in x 3 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: earpiece: 7 1/4 in x 5 3/8 in x 3/4 in; 18.415 cm x 13.6525 cm x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: chest piece: 2 3/8 in x 2 in x 1 in; 6.0325 cm x 5.08 cm x 2.54 cm