Laennec Stethoscope ( replica), Limited Edition Made by Sharp & Dohme
notes: label: Description
content: Rene Théophile H. Laennec (1781-1826), a physician in Paris, invented the monaural stethoscope in 1816. Laennec originally used a rolled paper tube to listen to a patient’s heartbeats. He ultimately created a wooden tube to replace his crude paper tube. Within ten years of Laennec publishing his invention, the stethoscope had become a common diagnostic tool in Europe and the Americas.
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content: This is a modern replica of that instrument.
label: Description
content: The pharmaceutical firm Sharp & Dohme produced a limited edition of the Laennec replicas in 1954, and they subsequently presented one to the museum at the request of the curator. According to the accession record, the original stethoscope resides in the collection at the National Museum of Health and Medicine (previously the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology). The replica is purportedly of Laennec's third model created between 1816 to 1819.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Sharp and Dohme. Advertising Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-06806
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content: M-06806
label: accession number
content: 205912
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Kit, Stethoscope
label: Object Name
content: stethoscope set
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content: stethoscope, monaural
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content: stethoscope, monaural (replica)
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content: advertising device, pharmaceutical company
label: Other Terms
content: Kit, Stethoscope; Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall`: 1 3/4 in x 13 5/8 in x 2 7/8 in; 4.445 cm x 34.6075 cm x 7.3025 cm