Earis John, Earis Helen
University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, UK.
J Med Biogr. 2008 May;16(2):66-71. doi: 10.1258/jmb.2007.007005.
The stethoscope has long been a powerful symbol of the physician. This article describes a stethoscope that was presented as a prize to an outstanding student, Mr Bampton, by his eminent teacher Dr James Hope (1801-41) in 1837. The extraordinary journey of this prize stethoscope that eventually found its way to North Wales and into the hands of the Liverpool physician, Robert Coope (1892-1972), is outlined. Its subsequent importance and symbolism to the Thoracic Society and the British Thoracic Society is emphasized.
听诊器长期以来一直是医生的有力象征。本文讲述了1837年杰出教师詹姆斯·霍普博士（1801 - 1841）将一个听诊器作为奖品授予优秀学生班普顿先生的故事。概述了这个获奖听诊器非凡的旅程，它最终辗转到了北威尔士，并落入利物浦医生罗伯特·库普（1892 - 1972）手中。强调了它随后对胸科学会和英国胸科学会的重要性及象征意义。
