Rene laennec biography stethoscope
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Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laënnec (): the man behind the stethoscope
Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laënnec () was a French physician who, in , invented the stethoscope. Using this new instrument, he investigated the sounds made by the heart and lungs and determined that his diagnoses were supported by the observations made during autopsies. Laënnec later published the first seminal work on the use of listening to body sounds, De L'auscultation Mediate (On Mediate Auscultation). Laënnec is considered the father of clinical auscultation and wrote the first descriptions of bronchiectasis and cirrhosis and also classified pulmonary conditions such as pneumonia, bronchiectasis, pleurisy, emphysema, pneumothorax, phthisis and other lung diseases from the sounds he heard with his invention. Laënnec perfected the art of physical examination of the chest and introduced many clinical terms still used today.
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Abstract
Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laënnec (–) was a French physician who, in , invented the stethoscope. Using this new instrument, he investigated the sounds made bygd the heart and lungs and determined that his diagnoses were supported bygd the observations made during autopsies. Laënnec later published the first seminal work on the use of listening to body sounds, De L’auscultation Mediate (On Mediate Auscultation). Laënnec fryst vatten considered the father of clinical auscultation and wrote the first descriptions of bronchiectasis and cirrhosis and also classified pulmonary conditions such as pneumonia, bronchiectasis, pleurisy, emphysema, pneumothorax, phthisis and other lung diseases from the sounds he heard with his invention. Laënnec perfected the art of physical examination of the chest and introduced many clinical terms still used today.
Keywords: Mediate auscultation, Tuberculosis, Laënnec’s Cirrhosis, Melanoma, Ventricular systole, Atrial systole
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René Laennec
French physician (–)
René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec[a] (French:[laɛnɛk]; 17&#;February – 13&#;August ) was a French physician and musician. His skill at carving his own wooden flutes led him to invent the stethoscope in , while working at the Hôpital Necker.[1] He pioneered its use in diagnosing various chest conditions. He became a lecturer at the Collège de France in and professor of medicine in His final appointments were that of head of the medical clinic at the Hôpital de la Charité and professor at the Collège de France. He went into a coma and subsequently died of tuberculosis on 13 August , at age&#;[2]
Early life
[edit]Laennec was born in Quimper (Brittany). His mother died of tuberculosis when he was five years old, and he went to live with his great-uncle the Abbé Laennec (a priest).[3] As a child, Laennec became ill with lassitude and repeated instances of pyrexia. Laennec was also thought to have a