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Stethoscope

France · Science / Medicine. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1816

Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec1816

Paris · Science / Medicine

Invents a wooden tube for listening to internal chest sounds.

Names involved

Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec

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