Piorry stethoscope

Stethoscopes

Stethoscopes

Diagnostic

Used to listen to the chest and heart

Includes main stem, plug that inserts into the funnel shaped chest end, ivory chest piece also used as a pleximeter and ivory ear piece.

A handheld instrument with a long wooden handle and a circular white disc at one end is shown against a light background. The handle is smooth and tapers slightly toward the center, widening again at the opposite end. The white disc has a small hole in the middle and is mounted perpendicular to the handle. The materials appear to be wood and a light-colored material such as ceramic or plastic.

Piorry, P. A. (Pierre Adolphe), 1794-1879

Health Sciences Library

State University of New York at Buffalo

1830?

Bennion, Elisabeth

Cravens, Annette

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18 cm.

Medical instrument

Image

Still image

02.4.5.5

LIB-HSL001

Monaural stethoscope

Stethoscope

4/7/2006

Wood and ivory