M0014331: Two long, monaural stethoscopes

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Unusually long stethoscopes.

Photograph of two unusually long stethoscopes. The first is from the Copenhagen Lying- in Hospital. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1927 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R1355/1937). It is now held by the Science Musuem (object number A51053). The second belonged to Dr. Ward Cousins and was possibly intended for hospital use. It was acquired by the Museum and accessioned in 1923 (accession number R14852). It is not 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: R1355/1937 and R14852

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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