Chestpiece

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1890
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0869.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: chest piece bell
Patents: N/A
General Description: Dull, dark brown moulded synthetic [or rubber or vulcanite ?] chest piece bell.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: 5.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 4.3 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Instruments
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Presumably used c. 1890; possibly also used later.
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.
Function: Allows user to hear sounds from within the body.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None, save UHN catalogue no. "973.6.2 d" printed by hand in red ink on inside edge of bell.
Missing: Large chip missing from edge of smaller opening.
Finish: Dull, dark brown moulded synthetic [or rubber or vulcanite ?] chest piece bell.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Chestpiece, circa 1890, Artifact no. 2002.0869, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2002.0869.002/

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