Every doctor is known for their stethoscope, arguably the most important medical tool in history. But how does it work? Where did someone get the idea to create a tool for listening to the heart?

No implement better visually identifies a physician than does the stethoscope, the acoustic medical device that enables medical personnel to listen to the internal sounds produced by the body.

René Laennec, the French physician who invented the stethoscope in 1816, used the stethoscope as an indirect way to "look" into the chest. "Now that we have ultrasound, we have a real ...

Google Doodle Google has marked the birthday of French doctor René Théophile Hyacinthe Laënnec who invented the stethoscope, with a doodle. Laënnec would have turned 235 on 17 February.

Embarrassment is the major reason the first stethoscope was invented 200 years ago. A French physician created it so he didn't have to listen to a woman's heart by placing his ear on her chest.

Then I read an article in the newspaper that said the stethoscope was invented 200 years ago. I find it strange that doctors are still relying on them. Isn't there something better? It's true that ...

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. After experimenting with ...

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. After experimenting with ...