Personalised stethoscope
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Object number2019.2
TitlePersonalised stethoscope
CreatorJohn Bell & Croyden (Retailer)
DescriptionA bejewelled stethoscope, gifted to Professor Dame Jane Dacre in 2008 and displayed in her office during her presidency from 2014 to 2018. The stethoscope, which is by John Bell & Croyden, was used as a prop for the television programme ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ in 2008, where Professor Dacre’s daughter Claire was working at the time. It was used by actor Tom Chambers, who played a cardiothoracic registrar on the programme ‘Holby City’. Professor Dacre recommended John Bell & Croyden as the supplier, and it was then ‘bedazzled’ for the programme. Professor Dacre remembered that she kept this item in her office as a conversation piece – a deliberately ‘feminine’ challenge to a ‘masculine’ symbol of medicine.
Production date 2008 - 2008
Object nameStethoscope
Object categoryDiagnostic
MaterialPlastic, Rubber, Stainless steel
Dimensions
- height: 770 mm
width: 80 mm