M0014327: Four stethoscopes introduced by Piorry in 1827, with pleximeter and conical stopper

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Stethoscope introduced by Piorry in 1827, with pleximeter and conical stopper.

Photograph of four stethoscopes introduced by Piorry in 1827. All four have a pleximeter and the last one also has the conical stopper. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1936 and 1941, accession numbers (left to right) R2271/1936, R2304/1936, R102/1941 and R2303/1936. They are now held by the Science Museum (object numbers A608196, A625007, A212838 and A600062).

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 R2271/1936, R2304/1936 and R2303/1936 (images 126 and 138), and R102/1941 (image 108)

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.