Details
A rare early 19th-century fruitwood Lannec monaural stethoscope arranged in three parts - 1½in.diam. 9½in.long, with an ivory, bone and fruitwood extention
Provenance
Cf: Elisabeth Bennion: Antique Medical Instruments, London 1979, pp165-167
Elisabeth Bennion:The History of the Stethoscope, Antique Collector, July 1988 pp38-43
P.J. Bishop:Evolutionof the Stethoscope, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. Vol73 June 1980, pp448-456
Christie's South Kensington Fine Scientific and Philosophical Instruments 27 September 1990 p27
Elisabeth Bennion:The History of the Stethoscope, Antique Collector, July 1988 pp38-43
P.J. Bishop:Evolutionof the Stethoscope, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. Vol73 June 1980, pp448-456
Christie's South Kensington Fine Scientific and Philosophical Instruments 27 September 1990 p27