Stethoscope
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- OBJECT TYPE
- non-specific/binaural/Fleischer
- DATE
- 1950–1969
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0848.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Becton, Dickinson & Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Bright silver metal ear tubes and bracket, and Y-connector [linking tubing between ear tubes and chest piece]; dark brown/black synthetic (?) tubing connects ear pieces and chest piece; off-white moulded synthetic ear buds; black bakelite (?) and silver metal chest piece.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 93.3 cm
- Width
- 13.0 cm
- Height
- 2.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Becton
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Presumably used c. 1950s-1960s; possibly also used later.
- Canada
-
Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. - Function
-
Allows user to hear sounds from within the body. Especially used to listen to heart, pulse & lungs. - Technical
-
Developed by Andrew Fleischer and first marketed in 1913, this improved stethoscope greatly reduced extraneous sounds, allowing physicians to monitor heart sounds more accurately. [Ref. 4] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "FLEISCHER STETHOSCOPE"and "B-D/ BECTON DICKENSON & CO." cast in raised print on chest piece back. "B-D/ MADE IN U.S.A." stamped into metal fitting connecting chest piece to tubing. "B-D" cast in raised print on opaque collar securing above connection point. UHN catalogue no. "982.5.23" printed by hand in white ink on ear tube bracket; "219" crudely printed in white ink, beside UHN catalogue no.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Bright silver metal ear tubes and bracket, and Y-connector [linking tubing between ear tubes and chest piece]; dark brown/black synthetic (?) tubing connects ear pieces and chest piece; off-white moulded synthetic ear buds; black bakelite (?) and silver metal chest piece.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Becton, Dickinson & Co., Stethoscope, circa 1950–1969, Artifact no. 2002.0848, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0848.001/
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