Digital photograph of two accessions, 77-303.1.2 and 77-303.2.1, including three stethoscopes. On the left, a chromed metal Laennec monaural stethoscope next to a similar instrument in blond wood, and on the right the pieces of an Italian binaural stethoscope. The instruments have been arranged on a tan counter, and a small typed card for the Italian stethoscope is also shown.
ca. 1920
Medical Museum Collection, Box 50
Pieces of a binaural stethoscope manufactured in Italy, and donated by H.M. Francis, M.D. The metal chest piece is intact, but the rubber tubing has hardened and broken into several sections.