M0014338: Five monaural pocket stethoscopes, 19th century

Previous title, replaced January 2022: 5 Stethoscopes.

Photograph of five 19th century monaural stethoscopes. From right to left, the second is Italian, the third is possibly Italian and the fifth is possibly French. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1923 and 1936, accession numbers (right to left): R2286/1936, R2310/1936, R2416/1936, R2309/1936 and R14820. They are now held by the Science Museum (object numbers A625008, A625004, A135434, A625009 and A608222).

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 R2286/1936, acc. number R2309/1936 and R2310/1936, R2416/1936 and acc. number R14820

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.