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

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Stethoscopes, all bell-shaped with cones and pleximeter, English.

Photograph of four 19th century English bell-shaped monaural stethoscopes with cone and pleximeter. From right to left, the first dates from c.1839 and is attributed to Elliotson. The second dates from c.1839, the third has a series of holes and was introduced by W. E. Crowfoot and the fourth was perhaps by Elliotson. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1936, accession numbers (right to left): R2264/1936, R2308/1936, R2318/1936 and R2295/1936. Three of them are now held by the Science Museum (object numbers A608194, A608195 and A608198).

November 1955

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for the items: acc. number R2264/1936, acc. number R2308/1936, acc. number R2318/1936 and acc. number R2295/1936

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.