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In [[medicine]] and the [[physical examination]], '''stethoscopes''' are "instruments intended to detect and study sound produced by the [[heart]], [[lung]]s, or other parts of the body."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> Stethoscopes may have electronic amplification. | In [[medicine]] and the [[physical examination]], '''stethoscopes''' are "instruments intended to detect and study sound produced by the [[heart]], [[lung]]s, or other parts of the body."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> Stethoscopes may have electronic amplification. | ||
They were developed by Laennec in 1816.<ref name="isbn0-409-90077-X-The Origins of the History and Physical Examination">{{cite book |author=Walker HK |authorlink= |editor=Walker HK, Hall WD, Hurst JW |others= |title=Clinical methods: the history, physical, and laboratory examinations||edition= |edition=3rd|language= |publisher=Butterworths |location=London |year=1990 |origyear= |pages= |quote= |isbn=0-409-90077-X |oclc= |doi= |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=cm |accessdate=|chapter=The Origins of the History and Physical Examination|chapterurl=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=cm&part=A14 }}</ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:15, 14 February 2009
In medicine and the physical examination, stethoscopes are "instruments intended to detect and study sound produced by the heart, lungs, or other parts of the body."[1] Stethoscopes may have electronic amplification.
They were developed by Laennec in 1816.[2]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Stethoscope (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Walker HK (1990). “The Origins of the History and Physical Examination”, Walker HK, Hall WD, Hurst JW: Clinical methods: the history, physical, and laboratory examinations, 3rd. London: Butterworths. ISBN 0-409-90077-X.