Title
Ear trumpets
Subject
Hearing aids
Hearing Aids
Functional aid
Description
Used to improve hearing
Two brass-plated rounded horn-shaped hearing aids with ivory earpieces in black case with brown lining. Inscription on the inside of both earpieces "F.C.Rein &? Lond. Patentees Sole Inventors and Only Makers 108 Strand. London".
Creator
P.R.F.C. Rein (Firm : London, England)
P.R.F.C. Rein (Firm : London, England)
Publisher
Health Sciences Library
State University of New York at Buffalo
Date
19th cent.
Contributor
Bennion, Elisabeth
Cravens, Annette
Rights
NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Contact the History of Medicine Collection with questions.
Format
7.0 cm.
Type
Medical instrument
Image
Still image
Identifier
02.4.5.4.
LIB-HSL001
Date Created
4/7/2006
Medium
Metal
Citation
P.R.F.C. Rein (Firm : London, England) and P.R.F.C. Rein (Firm : London, England), “Ear trumpets,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed December 6, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/16806.