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  • Monaural stethoscope, designed by Laennec.
  • Monaural stethoscope, designed by Laennec.
  • Monaural stethoscope, designed by Laennec.
  • Monaural stethoscope, designed by Billings.
  • Monaural stethoscope, designed by Billings.
  • Monaural stethoscope, designed by Billings.
  • Monaural stethoscope, designed by Billings.
  • Monaural stethoscope, designed by Billings.
  • Monaural stethoscope, designed by Billings.
  • Basil Hood standing, holding stethoscope.
  • Monaural stethoscope designed by Duckworth (?).
  • Monaural stethoscope designed by Hughes (?).
  • Monaural stethoscope, designed by Stokes (?).
  • Signature on a Laennec stethoscope, English version
  • Binaural stethoscope designed by Camman, 19th C.
  • WMS 7815, Dr W Lennard holding a stethoscope
  • Stethoscope with rubber ring as percussor. A grooved, but ring missing, B grooved, but ring missing, Burrows, Arnold, circa 1895
  • A 19th century stethoscope witha bell-shaped end
  • A 19th century stethoscope witha bell-shaped end
  • A 19th century stethoscope witha bell-shaped end
  • The long form or 2nd type of Laennec stethoscope.
  • The short form or 3rd type of Laennec stethoscope.
  • Doctors or medical students listening to their heartbeats using a multiple stethoscope. Photograph.
  • Fergusson or Stoke's type stethoscope. F- signed Maw and is definitely fergusson's type.
  • 4 Stethoscope. A- telescopic, see Maw 1882. B- made of aluminium, like Hughe's but no record of material. C- unusual design, said to be 1845-1855. D- Italian, but like Williams.
  • Stethoscopes. A- perhaps Stoke's type with ivory ear plate. B, C, D, -probably all English versions of the Piorry stethoscope dating from 1830s to 1840s.
  • A doctor with a stethoscope rejecting the offer of a cigarette. Colour silk screen print by Olaleye, 195-.
  • Portable stethoscope of the first introduced by Quain. A- made of cedar and ebony. B and C- vulcanite
  • Stethoscope. A- Possibly Hare's, cf. Down, 1906. B- Possibly Baron's cf. Maw& Thompson, 1882. C and D- are both of the Fergusson or Stoke's type, cf. Krohne & Sesemann, 1779, p. 108.
  • Pennsylvania, U.S.A: a State baby clinic: a baby is examined by a nurse and a doctor with a stethoscope. Photograph, ca. 1925.