Healers

Rene Laennec

Physician and Inventor

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General Reference

Medicine Atlas. "Rene Laennec." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-medicine.interactiveatlas.org/healers/rene-laennec.

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Medicine Atlas. (n.d.). Rene Laennec. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-medicine.interactiveatlas.org/healers/rene-laennec

BibTeX

@misc{medicineatlas-rene-laennec,
  author = {Medicine Atlas},
  title = {Rene Laennec},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-medicine.interactiveatlas.org/healers/rene-laennec},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Rene-Theophile-Hyacinthe Laennec was a French medical doctor and musician. His skill at carving his own wooden flutes led him to invent the stethoscope in 1816, while working at the Hopital Necker. He pioneered its use in diagnosing various chest conditions.

Facts

Birth Yearthe subject's own account

1781 1

Birth Datethe subject's own account

1781-02-17 1

Death Yearthe subject's own account

1826 1

Death Datethe subject's own account

1826-08-13 1

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1. Rene Laennec (Wikipedia)

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René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec was a French medical doctor and musician. His skill at carving his own wooden flutes led him to invent the stethoscope in 1816, while working at the Hôpital Necker. He pioneered its use in diagnosing various chest conditions.

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