title: Celebrating Two Centuries since the Invention of the Stethoscope. René Théophile Hyacinthe Laënnec (1781-1826).
abstract: René Théophile Hyacinthe Laënnec (1781-1826), a French physician, is considered one of the pioneers of respiratory medicine. His contribution to the invention of the stethoscope and to the development of clinical auscultation played a key role in the progress of the diagnosis of chest diseases. Almost two centuries after his invention of the stethoscope, his achievements continue to be widely appreciated and used by modern physicians in current pulmonology.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Pulmonary Medicine Department, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tomos
authors.affiliation: 2nd Pulmonary Medicine Department, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karakatsani
authors.affiliation: 2nd Pulmonary Medicine Department, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Effrosyni D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Manali
authors.affiliation: 2nd Pulmonary Medicine Department, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Spyros A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Papiris
mesh_terms: D001314:Auscultation / Q000266:history*; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history*; D005602:France; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000266:history*; D019023:Stethoscopes / Q000266:history*
keywords: René Laënnec; auscultation; stethoscope