360What happened in 1816?
3 moments from 1816 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- History · 1816
Laennec invents the stethoscope
In 1816, the French doctor René Laennec rolled a sheet of paper into a tube to listen to a patient's heart, and heard it far more clearly. He built a wooden version and called it the stethoscope. His study of chest sounds helped doctors diagnose heart and lung diseases, and the stethoscope became the symbol of medicine.
- 1816 · from Laennec invents the stethoscope
Laennec's paper tube
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Laennec invents the stethoscope