M0014325: Four monaural stethoscopes designed by Laennec, 19th century

Previous title, replaced January 2022: 4 Laennec stethoscopes.

Photograph of four stethoscopes in the shape of a syringe designed by Laennec. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1940 and 1936, accession numbers (from left to right) R169/1940, R2297/1936, R2268/1936 and R2325/1936. They are now held by the Science Museum (object numbers A608188, A608182, A608179 and A600076).

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: R169/1940 (image 66) and acc. number R2297/1936, R2268/1936, R2325/1936 (images 136, 124, 146)

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.