| Reference Number | MIMM/2018-5-14 |
| Title | Pinard's Obstetric Stethoscope |
| Date | 1875-1925 |
| Description | This is a Pinard’s stethoscope, also known as a Pinard Horn, named after the inventor and French obstetrician Adolphe Pinard. It is a type of obstetric stethoscope used to listen to the heart rate of a fetus during pregnancy. It appears as a hollow horn made of wood, with a wider end that is held against the pregnant woman’s abdomen. The maker is unknown. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Dimensions | 130mm x 50mm |
| Digital Collections | View online in our digital collections |
| Copyright | Free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |
| Credit Line | Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| Object Name | Monaural Stethoscope |
| Term | Foetus |
| Stethoscopes |