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Stethoscopes

Images

  • René Théophile Hyacinthe Laënnec auscultating a tubercular patient at the Necker Hospital, Paris, 1816. Heliogravure after a painting by T. Chartran.
  • 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
All images (29)

Catalogue

    • Pictures

    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--.

    Raemaekers, Louis, 1869-1956. | Date: [between 1900 and 1999] | Reference: 580229i
    • Archives and manuscripts
    • Online

    M0014339: Four monaural stethoscopes, 19th century

    | Date: November 1955 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/128/22
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
    • Archives and manuscripts

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

    | Date: November 1955 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/128/27
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
    • Books
    • Online

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

    Williams, John Calthrop, 1801-1856. | Date: 1824
    • Books

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

    Harris, Anna (Medical anthropologist) | Date: 2022
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