M0014341: Five monaural stethoscopes, 19th century

Photograph of five 19th century stethoscopes. From left to right, the second is from the mid 19th century, the third is from 1872, the fourth is possibly Italian and the fifth is from the mid 19th century. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1936, accession numbers (left to right): R2417/1936, R2557/1936, R2259/1936, R2414/1936 and R2260/1936. They are now held by the Science Museum (object numbers A135435, A129855, A625011, A135433 and A625005).

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 R2417/1936, acc. number R2557/1936 and R2559/1936, acc. number R2414/1936 and acc. number R2260/1936

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.