![Newsflicks on X: "Physician René Laennec, inventor of the stethoscope, was born on Feb 17, 1781 https://t.co/60F8IfsnNJ" / X Newsflicks on X: "Physician René Laennec, inventor of the stethoscope, was born on Feb 17, 1781 https://t.co/60F8IfsnNJ" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C41I-FkWcAEvv67.jpg:large)
Newsflicks on X: "Physician René Laennec, inventor of the stethoscope, was born on Feb 17, 1781 https://t.co/60F8IfsnNJ" / X
![This was how physicians used to hear lung and heart sounds till Lennac invented the stethoscope. Doctors over centuries have still not forgiven Lennac for his invention. - 9GAG This was how physicians used to hear lung and heart sounds till Lennac invented the stethoscope. Doctors over centuries have still not forgiven Lennac for his invention. - 9GAG](https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/an5XBnL_460s.jpg)
This was how physicians used to hear lung and heart sounds till Lennac invented the stethoscope. Doctors over centuries have still not forgiven Lennac for his invention. - 9GAG
![Rene Laennec (1781-1826), French physician and inventor of the stethoscope. He developed methods of medical diagnosis from heart and lung sounds heard through the stethoscope. Portrait lithograph by Ambroise Tardieu, ca. 1820. - SuperStock Rene Laennec (1781-1826), French physician and inventor of the stethoscope. He developed methods of medical diagnosis from heart and lung sounds heard through the stethoscope. Portrait lithograph by Ambroise Tardieu, ca. 1820. - SuperStock](https://www.superstock.com/cdn/4048/Comp/4048-6038.webp)