How was the stethoscope discovered?

Answer 1

So that health worker team didn't need to put their ears on the chest of people who might be contagious or even worse, sensitive. The stethoscope turned out to be even better at picking up sounds than putting an ear directly on a chest.

Answer 2

Actually, the stethoscope was invented in 1816 by a man in France named Rene Laennec. Before the stethoscope was invented physicians would listen to a patients' heart sounds by putting their ear directly on the chest. Dr Laennec was put in a potentially embarrassing situation one day when he was confronted by a large woman, so instead of putting his ear directly on her chest, he rolled up a piece of paper and discovered he could actually hear the heart sounds better this way than using his ear alone.

Answer 3

The stethescope was essentially invented as a more modest means of listening for a person's, or more specifically a woman's, heartbeat.

Before the stethescope, a doctor would listen to a heartbeat by simply placing his ear to the patient's chest. In particular, Doctor Rene Laennec felt uncomfortable using this method on female patients in particular, and devised a new method in 1816. Inspired by an old childhood game, Laennec's original "stethoscope" was simply a few rolled up sheets of paper.

He called it "stethoscope" from the Greek stethos (chest), and skopos (examination).

Answer 4

The stethoscope was invented in France in 1816 by Rene Laennec.

Answer 5

Originally invented by Rene Laennec around 1816 in France, he developed this new instrument to try and help determine what pathology could be associated with certain bodily sounds.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

So someone can hear heart beats