Stethoscope
Stethoscopes are used to listen to organs such as the heart or lungs and help diagnose any problem or illness the patient might have. The binaural (both ears) stethoscope, like this one, was first used in the 1850s, and remains one of the most familiar diagnostic tools used by medical professionals today.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 152/1974
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Common Name
- Stethoscope
- Simple Name
- stethoscope
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901); Edwardian (1901-1914)
- Production Year Low
- 1870
- Production Year High
- ; 1910
