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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 903 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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STETHOSCOPE (Gr. vrijOos,
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chest, and UK07r6.v, to look, examine)  , a medical
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instrument used in
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auscultation (q.v.) . The single
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stethoscope is a straight wooden or
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metal
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tube with a flattened
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bell, the
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surface of which is usually covered with
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ivory or
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bone at the end which is placed against the
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body of the patient, and a small
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cup at the other to
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fit- the
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ear of the observer . In the " binaural " stethoscope, which has the
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advantage of flexibility, the tube is divided above the bell into two flexible tubes which
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lead to both ears .

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