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Metal telephone device with a magnetic loop, coils, and a headpiece to transmit/receive sound.
Alexander Graham Bell's "box telephone" (1877).

The telephone is patented.

1876

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Alexander Graham Bell's "box telephone" (1877).

Telephone calls will be used to cut down on "unnecessary" doctor's office visits by 1879.