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René Théophile Hyacinthe Laënnec auscultating a tubercular patient at the Necker Hospital, Paris, 1816. Heliogravure after a painting by T. Chartran.

Laennec stethoscope from Sharp, 1832

René Théophile Hyacinthe Laënnec auscultating a tubercular patient at the Necker Hospital, Paris, 1816. Reproduction after a painting by T. Chartran.

M0014330: Six portable stethoscopes designed by Roberts, 19th centruy

A physician examining a gypsy child with a stethoscope outside a tent on the side of the road. Halftone by Swain after W. Small, 1898.

Stethoscope being used on a horse

World War One: British prisoners of war at Ruhleben camp being examined for "barbed-wire disease" by a German army officer. Coloured pen and ink drawing by R. Walker, 1917.

M0014332: Four monaural stethoscopes

James Andrew. Reproduction of mezzotint after J. Collier.

M0014326: Six stethoscopes introduced by Billings

M0014338: Five monaural pocket stethoscopes, 19th century

M0019003: Illustration of a flexible stethoscope introduced by Francis Sibson

A mother who has brought her two sons to have their chests examined by a physician to find out if they have tuberculosis. Colour lithograph after L. Raemakers, 19--.

M0014339: Four monaural stethoscopes, 19th century

M0014344: Four bell shaped stethoscopes, English, 19th century

Tentamen medicum inaugurale de stethoscopio ... / eruditorum examini subjicit Joannes Calthrop Williams.

Stethoscope : the making of a medical icon / Anna Harris and Tom Rice.

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Stethoscopes

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A mother who has brought her two sons to have their chests examined by a physician to find out if they have tuberculosis. Colour lithograph after L. Raemakers, 19--.

M0014339: Four monaural stethoscopes, 19th century

M0014344: Four bell shaped stethoscopes, English, 19th century

Tentamen medicum inaugurale de stethoscopio ... / eruditorum examini subjicit Joannes Calthrop Williams.

Stethoscope : the making of a medical icon / Anna Harris and Tom Rice.

Stethoscopes

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Images referencing Stethoscopes

Works from the collections

A mother who has brought her two sons to have their chests examined by a physician to find out if they have tuberculosis. Colour lithograph after L. Raemakers, 19--.

M0014339: Four monaural stethoscopes, 19th century

M0014344: Four bell shaped stethoscopes, English, 19th century

Tentamen medicum inaugurale de stethoscopio ... / eruditorum examini subjicit Joannes Calthrop Williams.

Stethoscope : the making of a medical icon / Anna Harris and Tom Rice.

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