M0014335: Four monaural stethoscopes, 19th century

Photograph of four monaural stethoscopes, 19th century. From left to right, the first was designed by Fergusson and the last by Williams They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1936 and 1955, accession numbers (left to right): R2287/1936, R2415/1936, R2273/1936 and R87/1955. Three are now held by the Science Museum (object numbers A625019, A135432, A608211). 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 R2287/1936, R2415/1936, R2273/1936 and acc. number R87/1955

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.

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