Cammann type binaural stethoscope

Made:
1845-1855 in New York
Cammann binaural stethoscope, presented by Cammann to Dr. Barth Cammann binaural stethoscope, presented by Cammann to Dr. Barth Cammann binaural stethoscope, presented by Cammann to Dr. Barth

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Cammann binaural stethoscope, presented by Cammann to Dr. Barth
Science Museum Group Collection
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Cammann binaural stethoscope, presented by Cammann to Dr. Barth
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Cammann binaural stethoscope, presented by Cammann to Dr. Barth
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Cammann binaural stethoscope, presented by Cammann to Dr. Barth.

The stethoscope is used on the chest or another part of the body to listen to organs such as the heart or lungs. The sounds can help diagnose the patient’s problem. This binaural stethoscope was presented to Dr Barth by its designer Dr George P. Cammann. Cammann was an American physician. It was made by George Tiemann and Company in New York.

The familiar Y-shaped binaural stethoscope was developed in the 1850s. It has rubber tubing going to both ears. Before this date, physicians used a single tube stethoscope. The first were developed by French physician Rene Theophile Laennec (1781-1826) in 1816.

Details

Category:
Clinical Diagnosis
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A64625
Materials:
complete, nickel silver (nickel, copper, zinc alloy), vulcanite, ivory, chromium (plated), velvet, leather and elastic
Measurements:
overall: 38 mm x 345 mm x 128 mm, .12 kg
overall - small separate section: 54 mm 52 mm, .02 kg
overall - total weight: .14 kg
type:
stethoscope
credit:
Boulange