Replica of Laennec Stethoscope used as Advertisement for Tenormin and Sorbitrate
Replica of Laennec Stethoscope used as Advertisement for Tenormin and Sorbitrate
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- Description
- Rene Théophile H. Laennec (1781-1826), a physician in Paris, invented the monaural stetho-scope in 1816. This is a modern replica of that instrument.
- The replica was made as an advertising device for two heart medications: Tenormin (atenolol), a beta-blocker used for conditions such as hypertension and angina, and Sorbitrate (isosorbide dinitrate), used for chest pain.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- stethoscope
- stethoscope, wooden replica
- advertising device
- advertising device, cardiac durgs
- advertising device, heart medications
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- cardboard (packaging material)
- paper (part: material)
- metal (part: material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/4 in x 12 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 3.175 cm x 31.115 cm x 3.175 cm
- overall: 2 1/8 in x 1 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 5.3975 cm x 3.81 cm x 8.89 cm
- ID Number
- 2010.0214.03
- catalog number
- 2010.0214.03
- accession number
- 2010.0214
- Credit Line
- Miles Davis
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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