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    René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec (French: [laɛnɛk]; 17 February 1781 – 13 August 1826) was a French physician and musician. His skill at carving his own...
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  • Laennec may refer to: Guillaume François Laennec (1748–1882), French physician René Laennec (1781–1826), French physician and musician Laënnec Hurbon (born...
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    Itard was a student of distinguished physician René Laennec, inventor of the stethoscope (in 1816). Laennec was a few years younger but had a formal education...
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    sounds), as well as the alimentary canal. The term was introduced by René Laennec. The act of listening to body sounds for diagnostic purposes has its...
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  • The quarter is named after French physician and medical writer René Laennec. Laënnec station Ferro-lyon.net (Retrieved May 22, 2009) 45°44′18″N 4°53′05″E...
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    in medical terminology. While the clinical entity was known before, René Laennec gave it this name in an 1819 paper. Liver failure Liver regeneration...
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    Jean-Nicolas Corvisart. In 1819 the introduction of the stethoscope by René Laennec began to replace the centuries-old technique of immediate auscultation...
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    groups (such as indigenous people in the US). It was first described by René Laennec in 1819. The economic costs in the United States are estimated at $630...
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    mediastinum, the central part of the chest cavity. First described in 1819 by René Laennec, the condition can result from physical trauma or other situations that...
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    France in 1816 by René Laennec at the Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital in Paris. It consisted of a wooden tube and was monaural. Laennec invented the stethoscope...
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