A rare early 19th century boxwood and ivory Piorry stethosco...

Hammer

£900

A rare early 19th century boxwood and ivory Piorry stethoscope, circa 1828: of four sections, main tube, cone, pleximeter and earpiece, 21cm long in storage configuration. *Notes- Developed in 1828 by Pierre Adolph Piorry (1794-1879) as a development of Rene Laennec's original stethoscope of 1816, It was a major modification of Laënnec's original, becoming the standard form of all subsequent monoaural stethoscopes throughout the 19th century and even into the 20th century. All other modifications were purely cosmetic, offering no distinct clinical advantage.