M0014328: Four stethoscopes with percussors, designed by Burrows & Arnold, c.1895

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Stethoscope with rubber ring as percussor.

Photograph of four stethoscopes with percussors. The first two are grooved by missing the rubber percussor, the third has the ring. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1936, 1940 and 1941, accession numbers (left to right) R287/1941, R2276/1936 and R1262/1940. They are now held by the Science Museum (object numbers A59564, A625037 and A140640).

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: R287/1941 (image 144), acc. number R2276/1936 (images 128) and R1262/1940 (image 46)

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.