title: Women gave birth to the stethoscope: Laennec's introduction of the art of auscultation of the lung.
authors.affiliation: Geriatrics/Gerontology Division, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, and School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA. geriatrics@pol.net
authors.forename: Haragopal
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Thadepalli
mesh_terms: D001314:Auscultation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric / Q000502:physiology*; D008168:Lung / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D019023:Stethoscopes; D014930:Women