René Laennec and thé introduction of the stéthoscope

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 407-410

  Kerridge, I H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Haematology Registrar ^*

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FRANCE; HISTORY; HUMAN; STETHOSCOPE;

FRANCE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; STETHOSCOPES;

EID: 0030158350     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1996.tb01930.x     Document Type: Article

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