Manufacturer SECTON, DICKINSON & CO.

Fleischer Stethoscope

DimensionsOverall: 11.5 x 77 cm

Credit LineGift of the London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, 2004

Object number2004.038.555

Label TextStudent nurses learned to use their eyes to monitor their patients’ condition. By the 1930s, they also employed tools like stethoscopes. Doctors depended on nurses’ observations to diagnose and to determine an appropriate treatment regimen. In this relationship, student nurses also learned their position in the hospital hierarchy. They observed and treated but only doctors could diagnose.

NameStethoscope