Lexicon:Laennec
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| Term: | Laennec |
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| References: | The Hundred Days, page 152 |
| Meaning: | René Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec (1781-1835) was a French physician who invented the stethoscope and is generally considered the father of chest medicine. Using a foot-long wooden cylinder that he placed on the chests of his patients, he was able to hear the various sounds made by the lungs and heart. For three years he studied patients' chest sounds and correlated them with the diseases found in autopsy. He described his methods and findings in the classic De l'auscultation médiate (1819). He made numerous other contributions to the literature of respiratory and heart disease. |
Additional information
Maturin's Medicine — This article is based on information from Maturin's Medicine, compiled and edited by Kerry Webb, with the help of a number of contributors.
