Why is a 200-year-old icon of the medical field still in wide use in the digital age? Some say modern tools are more informative and worth the... The Stethoscope: Timeless Tool Or Outdated Relic? To ...
(THE CONVERSATION) When someone opens the door and enters a hospital room, wearing a stethoscope is a telltale sign that they’re a clinician. This medical device has been around for over 200 years and ...
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 caring for a ...