The doctor said everything sounded just fine.  His heartbeat was clicking along between about 130 and 140 beats per minute, which is exactly what they want to hear.  And, if you listen carefully, you can kind of hear the rate escalate toward the end of the recording, which the doctor says is good because it illustrates a variable heart rate, which is something else they want. 

The recording quality isn’t that great because I was just holding my laptop next to the speaker the doctor was holding.  Another factor is that the sound coming out of that thing in the first place wasn’t so great, which I suspect has something to do with the fact that the device looked like something they might have used in the 40’s (see picture at right). 

Anyway, it is still cool to hear the little guy pumping away.  Click on the little arrow under the photo of Meredith above, and enjoy.

The Heartbeat-O-Matic 5000 (circa 1947)