M0014326: Six stethoscopes introduced by Billings

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Stethoscopes introduced by Billings

Photograph of six monaural stethoscopes introduced by Billings. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1940 and 1936, accession numbers (left to right) R168/1940, R2321/1936,R 2532/1940, R2307/1936, R2313/1936 and 1940/1937. They are not held by Wellcome Collection. One is held by the Science Museum (object number A608216).

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: R168/1940 (image 66) and acc. number R2321/1936, R2307/1936 and R2313/1936 (images 146, 140, 142), R2532/1940 (image 66) and R1940/1937 (image 230)

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.