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René Laennec
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French physician, inventor of stethoscope (1781-1826)
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René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laënnec was a French physician, inventor, and professor. Born in Quimper in 1781, he was educated at Necker–Enfants Malades Hospital. He worked at the Collège de France and the Paris Medical Faculty. He was a member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine and received the Knight of the Legion of Honour award.
Laënnec is noted for his work in medicine, specifically the invention of the stethoscope and the practice of auscultation. He also authored the work *Du droit des patresfamilias à Rome sur le mariage de leurs enfants*. His doctoral advisor was Guillaume Dupuytren, and his doctoral student was Pierre Charles Alexandre Louis. He spoke Breton, French, and German.
Laënnec died in 1826 from natural causes due to tuberculosis, a medical condition he also suffered from. He is described by sources including the *Nordisk familjebok* and the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*.
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- human
- Given name
- Hyacinthe
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Quimper
- Occupation
- professor
- Educated at
- Necker–Enfants Malades Hospital
- Employer
- Paris Medical Faculty
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Doctoral advisor
- Guillaume Dupuytren
- Student of
- Gaspard Laurent Bayle
- Doctoral student
- Pierre Charles Alexandre Louis
- Field of work
- medicine
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- Rene-Theophile-Hyacinthe Laennec.jpg
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- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- date of birth
- 1781-02-17
- date of death
- 1826-08-13
- medical condition
- tuberculosis
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- René Laennec
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laënnec
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Encyclopedic overview
René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec ( French: [laɛnɛk]; 17 February 1781 – 13 August 1826) 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. He became a lecturer at the Collège de France in 1822 and professor of medicine in 1823. His final appointments were that of head of the medical clinic at the Hôpital de la Charité and professor at the Collège de France. He went into a coma and subsequently died of tuberculosis on 13 August 1826, at age 45.
Early life
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