M0014336: Five monaural stethoscopes, 19th century

Previous title, replaced January 2022: 5 stethoscopes.

Photograph of five monaural stethoscopes, 19th century. From left to right, the first, third and fifth were designed by Traube. The second was desigend by Fergusson or Stokes and the fourth is possibly French. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1936 and 1941, accession numbers (left to right): R3877/1936, R2285/1936, R273/1941, R274/1941 and R103/1941. They are not held by Wellcome Collection. Four are now held by the Science Museum (object numbers A135028, A155835, A155836 and A232186)

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 R3877/1936, acc. number R2285/1936, acc. number R103/1941 and R273/1941 and R274/1941

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.