Monaural stethoscopes, 19th century
Various monaural wood stethoscopes later part of the 19th century. Note the tall pauper's stethoscope in the middle that was used to keep the distance between the doctor and the patient during auscultation.
Early monaural stethoscope with large funnel shaped chest end, thick stem and ivory ear plate, c. 1830
Group of typical monaural stethoscopes
Early Stokes monaural stethoscope with funnel end ear piece, c. 1830
Andrews wood stethoscope, c. 1850.
Wood monaural stethoscope, 7 inches tall with 1.5 inch wide ear plate, c. 1865
Stokes stethoscope with original rubber percussion ring around the ear plate, c. 1880.
Burrows stethoscope with original rubber percussion ring around the ear plate, c. 1860.
Typical European stethoscope made of wood with a screw-on ivory ear plate, c. 1875. This stethoscope was brought from Germany in the late 19th century by a pathologist from Hamburg, who immigrated and practiced in American Hospitals.
Dutch Stethoscope, so called because of the tulip shaped bell, c. 1890.
Traube stethoscope shown its original case with percussion hammer and pleximeter by H. Hauptner, Berlin, c. 1876. The Traube stethoscope, metal percussion hammer and ivory pleximeter are also shown out of the case..
A Stokes stethoscope made from one piece of ivory, c. 1870