Stethoscope

Description:

George Philip Cammann (1804-1863), a New York City physician who had studied in Paris, came up with the idea of a binaural stethoscope. The first example, unveiled in 1852, was made by George Tiemann (1795-1868), a German immigrant with a surgical instrument shop in New York.

This stethoscope, which is of that sort, belonged to Joseph Meredith Toner (1925-1896), a Washington physician, historian, and bibliophile. It was deposited at the Library of Congress in 1896, and transferrerd to the Smithsonian in 1961.

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.M-09701Catalog Number: M-09701Accession Number: 235052

Object Name: stethoscopestethoscope, binauralOther Terms: Diagnostic Medicine

Measurements: overall: 1 1/8 in x 3 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 9.525 cm x 8.5725 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-43c7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_726184

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