Stethoscope: The Making of a Medical Icon

by Tom Rice and Anna Harris

A surprising investigation of a scientific instrument long at the pulse of medicine.

This book explores the colorful past, present, and future of an instrument that is, quite literally, close to our hearts. The stethoscope has become the symbol of medicine itself--how did this come to be? What makes the stethoscope such a familiar yet charismatic object? Drawing from a range of fields including history, anthropology, science, technology,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178914633X
• ISBN13: 9781789146332
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.1"