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Stethoscope

Invented

1816

René Laennec’s first stethoscope was a single wooden tube.

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“1816”Science Museum Group: source, retrieved 2026-10-21; server could not read it (403); not found by Codex
“1816”Store norske leksikon: source, retrieved 2026-10-21; quote re-found by the server check
“1816”Clinical Medicine & Research — Ariel Roguin: source, retrieved 2026-10-21; server read the page (200) and did not find the quote
“1816”Royal College of Physicians Museum: source, retrieved 2026-10-21; quote re-found by the server check

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