M0014332: Four monaural stethoscopes

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Stethoscope.

Photograph of four monaural stethoscopes, 19th century designed by (left to right) Hare, Baron (1882) and Fergusson or Stokes. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1936 and 1955, accession numbers (left to right): R93/1955, R2289/1936, R2314/1936 and R2553/1936. The first four are now held by the Science Museum (object numbers A625046, A625067, A625001). None are held by Wellcome Collection.

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 R93/1955 (image 308) and acc. number R2289/1936, R2314/1936, R2314/1936 and R2553/1936 (image 132, 142, 239)

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.