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René Laennec
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French physician, inventor of stethoscope (1781-1826)
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René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec was a French physician, inventor, and professor born in Quimper in 1781. He worked in the field of medicine and was employed by the Collège de France and the Paris Medical Faculty. Laennec is noted for his work on the stethoscope and auscultation. He was a member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine and received the award of Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Laennec was educated at the Necker–Enfants Malades Hospital. He spoke Breton, French, and German. His death in 1826 was due to tuberculosis, which is also listed as his medical condition. He died of natural causes.
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Netherlands
- Active from
- 1960-11-05
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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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