Mediate auscultation, the stethoscope, and the "autopsy of the living": Medicine's acoustic culture

Journal of Medical Humanities

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 115-136

  Sterne, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

History of medical examination; Laennec; Mediate auscultation; Philosophy of medicine; Stethoscope

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847695279     PISSN: 10413545     EISSN: 15733645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009067628620     Document Type: Article

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