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 also pressed against ...
To hear a patient’s heart, doctors used to just put an ear up to a patient’s chest and listen. Then, in 1816, things changed. Lore has it that 35-year-old Paris physician Rene Laennec was caring for a ...
Source: estableman/Pixabay René Laennec and Anna Li are both innovative problem-finders from the world of medicine. In the 1860s, Laennec, a French physician, wanted a more effective way to listen to ...
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