Stethoscope
date: label: date made
content: About 1850
label: date made
content: About 1851
notes: label: Description
content: Binaural stethoscope made of ebony and hard rubber, housed in a wooden case lined with faded red velvet. An inscription reads “IMPROVED STETHOSCOPE PATENTED BY N. B. MARSH M.D. DEC. 16 1851 CINCIN.” This example may have been made by Frederick Liese, an importer and instrument maker in New York. The donor was a direct descendent of Nathan B. Marsh (1817/20-1862), the physician in Cincinnati, Ohio, who introduced the first American binaural stethoscope.
label: Description
content: Ref: Nathan B. Marsh, “Stethoscope,” U.S. Patent 8,591 (Dec. 16, 1851).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Richard C. Palmer, M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0189.01
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0189.01
label: accession number
content: 2010.0189
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stethoscope
label: Object Name
content: stethoscope set
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.2 cm x 30 cm x 13.2 cm; 2 13/16 in x 11 13/16 in x 5 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 7/8 in x 11 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 7.3025 cm x 29.845 cm x 13.97 cm