Laennec and the stethoscope
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Author(s):
- Thom, Robert A. (Robert Alan), 1915-1979, artist
- Contributor(s):
- Parke, Davis & Company, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Detroit] Parke, Davis & Company 1960
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Stethoscopes -- history Lung Diseases Physicians History of Medicine Laennec, Théophile-Ambroise. Hôpital Necker enfants-malades (Paris, France)
- Genre(s):
- Pictorial Works
- Abstract:
- At Necker Hospital, Paris, France, in 1816, Dr. Theophile Laennec devised hollow wooden cylinders for listening to sounds in patients' chests. These early stethoscopes helped physicians to better understand diseases of the lungs.
- Copyright:
- This item may be under copyright protection. Please ask copyright owner for permission before publishing.
- Copyright Holder:
- Pfizer; Source: Research; Research date: 06/23/2015
- Extent:
- 1 print : 35 x 42 cm
- Technique:
- color
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101651398 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- C06370
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101651398