Dr. George Davis, an obstetrician at East Tennessee State University who collects vintage stethoscopes, says the young Dr. Laennec didn't feel comfortable pressing his ear to the woman's bosom.

Credit a modest 19th-century Parisian doctor for having invented the stethoscope. In 1816, while examining a female patient with heart disease, Dr. René Laennec faced a conundrum: He needed to ...

Dr Laennec's importance to modern medicine was guaranteed by his invention of the very first stethoscope in 1816. Here are five things you (probably) didn't know about him: 1. Dr Laennec's ...

George Davis, an obstetrician at East Tennessee State University who collects vintage stethoscopes, said the young Dr. Laennec didn’t feel comfortable pressing his ear to the woman’s bosom.

Stethoscopes have been used by doctors since their invention in 1816 by French physician Rene Laennec (1781-1826), who on one momentous day in his office rolled a sheaf of paper into a tube and ...

Modern-day stethoscopes bear little resemblance to the first stethoscope, invented in the early 1800s by Frenchman Rene Laennec, but they work essentially the same way. Laennec's creation was a ...

Modern-day stethoscopes bear little resemblance to the first stethoscope, invented in the early 1800s by Frenchman Rene Laennec, but they work essentially the same way. Laennec’s creation was a ...

The stethoscope sits like a fashion accessory ... to each other using a long piece of solid wood and a pin. In Laennec’s own (French-translated-into-English) words: In 1816, I was consulted ...

The term 'stethoscope' is derived from the Greek words 'stethos' for chest, and 'scopos' for examination. Laennec died of tuberculosis in 1826 at the age of 45.

CHICAGO — Two centuries after its invention, the stethoscope — the very symbol of the medical profession — is facing an uncertain prognosis. It is threatened by hand-held devices that are ...

The technical term for this diagnostic method is auscultation. The inventor of the stethoscope, Rene Laennec, disliked putting his ear on his patients' chests. He tried using a paper funnel and ...