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Description	Made of wood and brass, this is one of the original stethoscopes belonging to the French physician Rene Theophile Laennec (1781-1826) who devised the first stethoscope in 1816. It consists of a single hollow tube. The familiar binaural stethoscope, with rubber tubing going to both ears, was not developed until the 1850s. Regarded as the father of chest medicine, Laennec demonstrated the importance of the instrument in diagnosing diseases of the lungs, heart and vascular systems. Ironically, he died of tuberculosis.
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Image title	Made of wood and brass, this is one of the original stethoscopes belonging to the French physician Rene Theophile Laennec (1781-1826) who devised the first stethoscope in 1816. It consists of a single hollow tube. The familiar binaural stethoscope, with rubber tubing going to both ears, was not developed until the 1850s. Regarded as the father of chest medicine, Laennec demonstrated the importance of the instrument in diagnosing diseases of the lungs, heart and vascular systems. Ironically, he died of tuberculosis.
Author	Science Museum
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Short title	Laennec's stethoscope, c 1820.
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File change date and time	15:10, 28 August 2013
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Special instructions	Science & Society Picture Library 020 7942 4400 piclib@nmsi.ac.uk
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Category	Clinical Diagnosis
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Copyright status	Copyrighted
Date and time of digitizing	13:16, 28 August 2013
Date metadata was last modified	16:10, 28 August 2013
Keywords	monoaural stethoscopes; pioneers; stethoscopes; inventions
Country shown	France
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