Two centuries after its invention, the stethoscope — the very symbol of the medical profession — is facing an uncertain prognosis. It is threatened by hand-held devices that are also pr… ...

Two centuries after its invention, the stethoscope — the very symbol of the medical profession — is facing an uncertain prognosis. It is threatened by hand-held devices that are also pr… ...

Two centuries after its invention, the stethoscope — the very symbol of the medical profession — is facing an uncertain prognosis. It is threatened by hand-held devices that are also pr… ...

To hear a patient’s heart, doctors used to just put an ear up to a patient’s chest and listen. Then, in 1816, things changed.Lore has it that 35-year-old Paris physician Rene Laennec was ...

Using a stethoscope, she said, is one of the most important skills doctors acquire. "It's definitely a learned art. You have to know what you're listening to and it takes a lot of practice.

CHENNAI: Google, through its doodle on Wednesday celebrated the 235th birthday of René Laennec (1781- 1826), who made listening to matters of the heart possible ...