Stethoscope

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Description
Thomas Paton Hawksley was a surgical instrument maker in London who obtained a British patent for his monaural stethoscope, and showed an example at Vienna Exposition of 1873. This example is of that type.
Ref: George Tieman & Co., American Armamentarium Chirurgicum (New York, 1879), p. 81.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. College Collections
ID Number
MG.M-07429
catalog number
M-07429
accession number
220170
Object Name
stethoscope
stethoscope, monaural
Other Terms
Medicine
Measurements
overall: 7 5/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 19.3675 cm x 6.985 cm
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National Museum of American History
Record ID
nmah_727932
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-58eb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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