While many authorities cite Dr. Arthur Leared as the inventor in 1850 of the binaural (two-earpiece) stethoscope, that honor more properly belongs to Dr. Charles J.B. Williams, who had in 1829 ...

This was the first attempt at a binaural stethoscope. George Philip Camman is credited with a design of the stethoscope most closely resembling its modern look. In 1855, ...

With modifications by others, like Arthur Leared and Nicholas Comins’ binaural versions, the stethoscope became an indispensable tool by the 20th century. How much longer the stethoscope stays ...

This became the forerunner to the modern stethoscope. Doctors used wooden tubes as stethoscopes until the latter half of the 19th century. It took many more years to develop the modern bell and ...

The stethoscope seems so simple — a 19th century tool for listening more closely to the human heart or lungs. It also sparked a culture of listening that is transforming the way scientists learn.

1. If you have 2 old binaural stethoscopes lying about, pull or cut them apart as shown in Figure 1. Retaining the top part (the part with the spring fixture) of 1 of the stethoscopes, run 1 tube with ...

On the 236th birth anniversary of French physician René Laennec, considered the inventor of the stethoscope with a special doodle commemorating him on René Laennec stumbled upon the design of ...

In 1816 a French doctor named Rene Laennec wanted to listen to a patient's heartbeat. Rather than just stick his ear against the skin, Laennec rolled up paper into a cylinder. Voila! The heart ...