CENTENARY OF THE STETHOSCOPE

The Centenary of Radiology

The electronic stethoscope

Most heart diseases are associated with and reflected by the sounds that the heart produces. Heart auscultation, defined as listening to the heart sound, has been a very important method for the early diagnosis of cardiac dysfunction. Traditional auscultation requires substantial clinical experience and good listening skills. The emergence of the electronic stethoscope has paved the way for a n...

The Centenary Dinner

The Centenary Dinner of the Bristol MedicoChirurgical Society took place at the Esso Motor Hotel, Hambrook, on Friday, 26th April, 1974, and was attended by nearly one hundred and fifty members and guests. The Guest of Honour was Sir John Stallworthy, President of the Royal Society of Medicine and the Society's other guests were Lady Stallworthy, Councillor C. Hebblethwaite, Deputy Lord Mayor o...

The Burghölzli centenary.

As THE Burgholzli Hospital in Zurich approaches its centenary, it seems an opportune occasion to review briefly its historical development, and to compare it with its closest counterpart in England, the Maudsley Hospital. The outstanding contribution of this famous Swiss centre and its directors have created for it an almost unique place amongst the teaching centres of the Western psychiatric w...

Stethoscope Acoustics

IT is an anachronism that the stethoscope, introduced in 1819, remains an indispensable medical tool today although no standards have ever been set for its acoustical performance.' Neither has a standard test been established for evaluating the acoustics of the intact instrument. Furthermore, there is no information on the intimate acoustical interaction of the stethoscope with the doctors' ear...