Stethoscope
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription here reads “DR CAMMANN'S / STETHOSCOPE / Tiemann & Co.” George Philip Cammann (1804-1863) was a New York City physician who had studied in Paris, and who 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. That shop became Tiemann & Co. in 1855.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.1044.09
label: catalog number
content: 1984.1044.09
label: accession number
content: 1984.1044
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Stethoscope
label: Object Name
content: stethoscope
label: Object Name
content: stethoscope, binaural
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: textile (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 40 cm x 11.4 cm x 5.5 cm; 15 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in x 2 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 5/8 in x 4 3/4 in x 2 1/8 in; 39.6875 cm x 12.065 cm x 5.3975 cm
label: Measurements
content: stethoscope assembled, but pieces only lightly inserted: 15 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 2 in; 40.005 cm x 12.065 cm x 5.08 cm