Stethoscope
notes: label: Description
content: Robert C. M. Bowles, a banker, corn merchant, engineer, and insurance agent in Brookline, Ma., obtained several patents for a binaural stethoscope akin to the European phonendoscope. This example was made by Pilling. The chest piece is missing.
label: Description
content: Ref: Robert C. M. Bowles, “Stethoscopic Instrument,” U.S. Patent 526,802 (Oct. 2, 1894).
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.302606.218.01
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.218.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Case
label: Object Name
content: case
label: Object Name
content: stethoscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
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content: leather (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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content: black (overall color)
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content: purple (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 3 cm x 20.5 cm x 9.7 cm; 1 3/16 in x 8 1/16 in x 3 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 8 1/8 in x 4 in; 3.175 cm x 20.6375 cm x 10.16 cm