M0016385EA: Five monaural stethoscopes, 19th century

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Monaural stethoscope.

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Monaural stethoscope.

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Monaural stethoscope; Italian.

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Monaural stethoscope; English.

Five monaural stethoscopes previously held by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. From left to right, the first was purchased in 1927 and accessioned in 1940 (accession number R1265/1940). It is now held by the Science Museum (object number A61964). The second was previously owned by Sir James Paget before it was acquired by the Musuem and accessioned in 1918 (accession number R7634). It is now held by the Science Museum. The third is Italian and was accession by the Museum in 1936 (accession number R2312/1936. It is now held by the Science Museum. The fourth is English and was accessioned by the Museum in 1936 (accession number R2291/1936). It is now held by the Science Museum (object number A625002). Nothing is recorded about the final one.

September 1957

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 R1265/1940, acc. number R7634, acc. number R2312/1936, acc. number R2291/1936

Copyright is 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.