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.

Laennec soon discarded the rolled up notebook and fashioned a new wooden, cylinder-shaped stethoscope. The two-eared rubber-tubing version now standard in hospitals around the world came later, in ...

Rene Laennec (1781-1826) with stethoscope, via Wikimedia Commons Google’s latest Doodle celebrates the work of French physician Rene Laennec, the man credited with inventing the first-ever ...

There can be no single image that immediately conjures up the medical profession with more powerful effect than that of a stethoscope around the neck of a doctor. Invented in 1816, the instrument has ...

Laennec named his invention the stethoscope, from the Greek words for "chest" and "to view," because it opened a new window into what was happening in the heart and lungs. A modest experiment ...

Laennec named his invention the stethoscope, from the Greek words for "chest" and "to view," because it opened a new window into what was happening in the heart and lungs. A modest experiment ...

Pinkerton JHM. Kergaradec, friend of Laennec and pioneer of fetal auscultation. Proc R Sec Med. 1969;62:477-483. Roguin A. Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec (1781-1826): The man behind the stethoscope.

As Google launched a doodle on February 17 to mark the birthday of the stethoscope’s inventor, French physician René Laennec, City Express takes a look at how the instrument continues to serve ...

RENÉ LAENNEC changed the face of medicine with his stethoscope invention in 1816. By Albertine Brandon 09:20, Wed, Feb 17, 2016 | UPDATED: 09:22, Wed, Feb 17, 2016 ...