M0014339: Four monaural stethoscopes, 19th century

Previous title, replaced January 2022: 4 Stethoscopes.

Photograph of four 19th century monaural stethoscopes. From left to right, the first was possibly designed by Duckworth, the second was designed by Duckworth and the third was designed by Fergusson or Stokes. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1923, 1936 and 1955, accession numbers (left to right): R95/1955, R14807, R14808 and R2283/1936. They are not held by Wellcome Collection. The two on the right are now held by the Science Museum (object numbers A625035 and A625033).

November 1955

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: acc. number R95/1955, acc. number R14807 and R14808 and acc. number R2283/1936

Copyright held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.