title: Laënnec and the discovery of auscultation.
abstract: René Théophile Hyacinthe Lënnec is famous chiefly for the invention of the stethoscope. In addition to this, he was also one of the pioneers of accurate clinical observation together with postmortem correlation of physical signs. One hundred and sixty years after his death, he is still considered to be one of the greatest clinicians of all time.
mesh_terms: D001314:Auscultation / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation; D005602:France; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century