Accession No
2808
Brief Description
percussor, circa 1925
Origin
Maker
Class
medical
Earliest Date
1925
Latest Date
1925
Inscription Date
Material
metal (steel); rubber
Dimensions
length 183mm; maximum diameter 33mm
Special Collection
Provenance
Transferred from the Science Museum, London.
Inscription
Description Notes
Steel shaft; six-sided handle; circular hammer with black rubber ring.
References
Events
Description
A percussor was used to find out information about the heart and lungs (a diagnostic instrument). The technician of percussion now involves tapping one finger on another on the chest wall and listening to the sound produced.
Before this was done a percussion hammer was used, and an ivory disc, called a pleximeter, was first held against the wall of the chest and then tapped with the hammer.
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