Medicine in philately: Rene T. H. Laënnec, the father of stethoscope
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The word stethoscope is derived from the two Greek words, stethos (chest) and scopos (examination). Since mankind first began to study human physiology and the physical characteristics associated with various ailments, it has been obvious that the heart plays a crucial role in our bodies. The sounds the heart and surrounding organs, such as the lungs, make can be crucial indicators when examining a patient (1). The first stethoscope was invented in 1816 by a young French physician named Rene Théophile-Hyacinthe Laënnec (1).
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دوره 16 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016