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  2. René Laennec - Wikipedia

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    The first drawing of a stethoscope (1819) [6] A modern stethoscope Laennec is said to have seen school children playing with a long piece of solid wood in the days leading up to his innovation. [ 7 ] The children held their ear to one end of the stick while the opposite end was scratched with a pin, the stick transmitted and amplified the scratch.

  3. Instruments used in general medicine - Wikipedia

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    Stethoscope: to hear sounds from movements within the body like heart beats, intestinal movement, breath sounds, etc. Suction device: to suck up blood or secretions Surgical scissors: used for dissecting or cutting Thermometer: to record body temperature: Tongue depressor: for use in oral examination Transfusion kit: to transfuse blood and ...

  4. The Gross Clinic - Wikipedia

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    The Gross Clinic or The Clinic of Dr. Gross is an 1875 painting by American artist Thomas Eakins.It is oil on canvas and measures 8 feet (240 cm) by 6.5 feet (200 cm).. The painting depicts Dr. Samuel D. Gross, a seventy-year-old professor dressed in a black frock coat, lecturing a group of Jefferson Medical College students.

  5. The Doctor (painting) - Wikipedia

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    The Doctor is an 1891 painting by Luke Fildes that depicts a Victorian doctor observing the critical stage in a child's illness while the parents gaze on helplessly from the periphery. It has been used to portray the values of the ideal physician and the inadequacies of the medical profession.

  6. Auscultation - Wikipedia

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    Auscultation (based on the Latin verb auscultare "to listen") is listening to the internal sounds of the body, usually using a stethoscope. Auscultation is performed for the purposes of examining the circulatory and respiratory systems (heart and breath sounds), as well as the alimentary canal. The term was introduced by René Laennec. The act ...

  7. Category:Images of the Doctor (Doctor Who) - Wikipedia

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    File:Dreamland (Doctor Who).jpg; File:Docto Who Top Trumps.jpg; File:Doctor Who Adventures 1.jpg; File:Music of the Spheres (Doctor Who).png; File:Eleventh Hour (Doctor Who).png; File:Doctor Who The Time of Angels episode banner controversy.jpg; File:Doctor Who "The Snowmen" (Screenshot).png; File:Doctor Who The Day of the Doctor.jpg

  8. Category:Doctor Who images - Wikipedia

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    Media in category "Doctor Who images" The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. D. File:Daleks, Big Ben.jpeg;

  9. Head mirror - Wikipedia

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    Head mirror A doctor using a head mirror to illuminate his patient's nasal passages. A head mirror is a simple diagnostic device, stereotypically worn by physicians, but less so in recent decades as they have become somewhat obsolete. [1] A head mirror is mostly used for examination of the ear, nose and throat (ENT).