Modern Technology in Respiratory Medicine: Lung Ultrasonography–Is it Time for the Stethoscope to Give Up its Throne?

Authors

  • Taro Minami Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, The Warrant Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Pawtucket, RI, USA
  • Akiko Minami Department of Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Pawtucket, RI, USA
  • Kamran Manzoor Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, The Warrant Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Pawtucket, RI, USA
  • Takeshi Saraya Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan The year 2016 marks the 200

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Abstract

The year 2016 marks the 200th anniversary of the invention of the stethoscope by Dr. Réne Théophile Hyacinthe Laennec. He was first inspired in September 1816 when he observed 2 children playing with a long piece of solid wood and a pin. He later made the very first stethoscope when he rolled a paper to listen to the heart sounds of a young woman. He further refined the instrument by constructing it with a hollow tube of wood.

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2016-09-29

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Taro Minami, Akiko Minami, Kamran Manzoor, & Takeshi Saraya. (2016). Modern Technology in Respiratory Medicine: Lung Ultrasonography–Is it Time for the Stethoscope to Give Up its Throne?. Pulmonary Research and Respiratory Medicine, 4(1), 19–20. https://doi.org/10.17140/PRRMOJ-4-133

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2017): Volume 4 Issue 1 2017

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