M0014343: Four monaural stethoscopes, 19th century

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Stethoscopes.

Photograph of four 19th century stethoscopes. From left to right, the first has an ivory ear plate and was possibly designed by Stokes and the second, third and fourth are English, mid 19th century, and of the type designed by Piorry. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1936, 1946 and 1955, accession numbers (left to right): R102/1955, R2265/1936, R520/1946, R2277/1936. They are not held by Wellcome Collection. The first three are now held by the Science Museum (object number A163606, A625050 and A625006).

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 R102/1955, acc. number R2265/1936, acc. number R2277/1936 and acc. number R520/1946

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.