WHAT'S NEW
The web site is in the
process of being revamped with a new style that improves the presentaion of the
stethoscopes. Additional history about the physicians, their
stethoscopes and the hospitals in which they developed their stethoscopes
is being placed on the site.
The web site has been revised with new historical information
about the people who developed and used the stethoscope. See the 19th century
CDV photograph of a young New York physician posing with both a monaural and
binaural stethoscope, a monaural stethoscope with its history of travel from
pre-war Germany to the United Staes, the photographs and history of Dr.
Cammann and the Northern Dispensary where he developed the Cammnann binaural
stethoscope, and the unusual history of a number of 20th century
stethoscopes.
Additional For Sale pages are now
available with antique monaural and binaural stethoscopes for
sale, medical antiques for sale, and rare medical books about auscultation and
percussion for sale.
The navigation on the entire site has been
revised to make it easier to use.
An unbelievable example of medical scrimshaw that is carved into the
ivory pleximeter and ear piece of a presentation 1829 Piorry stethoscope given
by a wife to her physician husband.
The For Sale page has been updated with the
addition of antique stethoscopes and bloodletting instruments, as well as other
types of medical antiques. This page will be updated regularly in order to
offer a variety of medical antiques for sale.
The web site has been updated with the addition of a large number of
stethoscopes. A second and third version Laennec are displayed. A unique second
version Laennec with an extension piece and flexible Piorry are also shown.
The twentieth century page is completely new and shows the development of the
combination stethoscope that is the standard today.
The web site has been completely updated. The original version of a
Laennec and Piorry stethoscope were added, as well as an original
version of the modern Littmann stethoscope. Many other unique and interesting
stethoscopes illustrating the history of the stethoscope are shown. Please take
time to explore the site again.
Added a beautiful ivory and silver plated
monaural stethoscpe. A unique Magniphone Stethoscope is especially interesting.
Added a rare James
Hope presentation stethoscope (one of only four ever
presented) as well as an article about James Hope and his presentation stethoscope.
Added new monaural and binaural stethoscopes to
the collection.
Added a For Sale page.
Added a remarkable
circa 1830 Piorry monaural stethoscope that can be assembled in several different ways.
The site has
been completely revamped with new images and information about the history of
the stethoscope. The navigation of the
site has been made easier.
Medical Antiques Online web site about
the history of the stethoscope launched. Please take a tour of this illustrated
story.