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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...