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Book SynopsisRene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec (1781-1826) is best known for his invention of the stethoscope, one of medicine's most powerful symbols. Histories, novels, and films have cloaked his life in hagiography and legend. Jacalyn Duffin's fascinating new biography relies on a vastly expanded foundation of primary source material, including thousands of p
Trade ReviewWinner of the 2001 Jason A. Hannah Medal of the Royal Society of Canada One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1998
Table of ContentsLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS LIST OF TABLES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION PART ONE: PATHOLOGY: ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND THE BODY POLITIC CHAPTER ONE Youth and Revolution CHAPTER TWO Student in the Paris School CHAPTER THREE Research and Academic Aspirations CHAPTER FOUR Clinical Practice, Clinical Physiology CHAPTER FIVE The Restoration: Politics, Hospitals, and Patients PART TWO: AUSCULTATION CHAPTER SIX The Discovery CHAPTER SEVEN The Treatise on Mediate Auscultation: The Lungs CHAPTER EIGHT The Treatise on Mediate Auscultation: The Heart and Clinical Reasoning PART THREE: DISEASE CHAPTER NINE Reception and Impact of Auscultation: Reviews, Diagnoses, and Broussais CHAPTER TEN Return to Paris: Elite Practice and Professor in the Clinic CHAPTER ELEVEN At the College de France: The Second Unpublished Book CHAPTER TWELVE Between the Quick and the Dead: Pathology, Physiology, and Clinical Medicine APPENDIX A A Note on Sources: Scientific Papers and Correspondence APPENDIX B Laennec's Finances APPENDIX C Patients in the Two Editions of the Traite de Pauscultation APPENDIX D Laennec's Network: A Glossary of Frequently Cited Names APPENDIX E The Family of R. T. H. Laennec LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY OF R. T. H. LAENNEC: PUBLICATIONS, REVIEWS, AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
