Stethoscope History: The True Version
OK, so I'm on call tonight and I'm bored. I suppose I should be happy that no new trauma patients have rolled in. However, I'm in the hospital tonight on call and have nothing to do, so I'll post my second blog for the night.
After posting that last piece on the history of the stethoscope, I decided to do a little research to see what the true story is. It is all rather interesting and can be read by going to the following
link... http://inventors.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.antiquemed.com/tableofcon.htm
Especially interesting is Dr Laennec's description of it. A link to his 1821 "A TREATISE ON DISEASES OF THE CHEST AND MEDIATE AUSCULTATION" is included on the site and is well worth reading. I also very much enjoyed the many photographs of various stethoscope models that you can see on the site.
After posting that last piece on the history of the stethoscope, I decided to do a little research to see what the true story is. It is all rather interesting and can be read by going to the following
link... http://inventors.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.antiquemed.com/tableofcon.htm
Especially interesting is Dr Laennec's description of it. A link to his 1821 "A TREATISE ON DISEASES OF THE CHEST AND MEDIATE AUSCULTATION" is included on the site and is well worth reading. I also very much enjoyed the many photographs of various stethoscope models that you can see on the site.
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