Monaural stethoscope, which is a hollow aluminum tube with one round-lipped open end, tapering towards the other end, a flat metal disk with a rounded edge with a round opening.
Monaural stethoscope, which is a hollow aluminum tube with one round-lipped open end, tapering towards the other end, a flat metal disk with a rounded edge with a round opening.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Collected by Dr. A. A. Travill for the Queen's University Faculty of Medicine Collection; owned and used by Dr. A. A. Travill.
Maker
Allen & Hanburys Co. Ltd.
Dates
1900
1930
circa 1900-1930
Material
metal: silver
Inscriptions
"ALLEN & HANBURYS LTD // ENGLAND" was stamped into the metal disk.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-F4-2
Temporary Location
On display "Doctor's Treatment Room c1930" at Museum of Health Care 20 Feb 2016.
Dimension Notes
Length 12.3 cm x Diam. 5.9 cm
Condition Remarks
Minor metal wear at the opening of the stethoscope in the disk end; there were two minor dents in the disk; there were minor scratches on the outer surface of the stethoscope tube at the flared end.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Book
Reference Comments
Previous number #8; Faculty of Medicine Collection 1984 Inventory; "Antique Medical Instruments" by Keith Wilbur, 1987, p. 23 (similar to item circled) (see attached photocopy); "A Catalogue of Operation Tables, Sterilizers, Hospital Furniture, Surgical Instruments, Appliances, Ligatures & Sutures," by Allen & Hanburys Ltd., 1957, p. 545 (similar to #46024)
Research Facts
Similar to Pinard's aluminum stethoscope in shape; possibly used to detect fetal heart sounds.
Exhibit History
Oct. 21, 2002, on display in the Kingston General Hospital Hall of Honour: "Fighting the White Plague: the Battle against TB"