M0014324: Four monaural stethoscopes designed by Laennec, 19th century

Previous title, replaced January 2022: The short form or 3rd type of Laennec stethoscope.

Photograph of four short form or third type Laennec stethoscopes. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1955 and 1936, accession numbers (from left to right) R72/1955, R2301/1936, R2299/1936 and R2298/1936. They are not held by Wellcome Collection. Three are held by the Science Museum (object numbers A608190, A608187 and A608183).

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: R72/1955 (image 302) and acc. number R2301/1936, R2299/1936, R2298/1936 (images 138 and 136)

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.