Western Electric Electrical Stethoscope, 3A
date: label: date made
content: about 1936
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description
content: An electrical stethoscope, known as a stethophone, was introduced in 1924. Developed in the laboratories of Western Electric and AT&T, the stethophone amplified the heartbeat and lung sounds and also permitted multiple listeners connected through headsets. The device however was as large as a "tea cart," and in 1936 Western Electric came out with this compact portable model which could accomodate up to two listeners.
label: Description
content: After reading about the new device in the Journal of the American Medical Association, July 4, 1936, the museum's curator wrote to the company requesting the stethoscope for the medicine exhibits.
label: Description
content: Ref: “New Electrical Stethoscope Sends Heart Beats by Radio,” <i>New York Times</i> (June 15, 1924), p. XX19.
label: Description
content: Betts, W. L. "An Electrical Stethoscope for the General Practitioner," <i>Bell Laboratories Record</i> (April, 1936), pp 270-2.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Western Electric Company, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-04389
label: catalog number
content: M-04389
label: accession number
content: 141701
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stethoscope, electric
label: Other Terms
content: Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 12 5/8 in x 10 in; 12.065 cm x 32.0675 cm x 25.4 cm