M0013743: Double ear trumpet with headband

Date:
October 1954
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Description

Two light cornets of imitation tortoiseshell joined by a metal spring forming a headband. The introduction of this form of hearing instrument has been attributed to Napoleon's surgeon D. J. Larrey (1776-1842). The item was purhcased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1928 and given the object number A198343. It is now held by the Science Museum.

Publication/Creation

October 1954

Physical description

1 photograph
glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the object registration card for the item: object number A198343 (image 591)

Copyright note

Copyright held by Wellcome Collection

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item Open.

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

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Location of original

Wellcome Library; GB.
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