The word Stethoscope is the Greek coined term for examination of the heart, and in the medical world, this instrument is used to listen to the internal sounds from an animal’s body. It is most effectively used to hear the sounds of the heart. The other sounds the instrument also picks up are the sounds of the intestine and flow of the blood through the vessels in the body.
The Stethoscope was invented in France in 1816, and its prototype was made of wood. Its original design looked like a common ear trumpet used during those days by those who were hard of hearing. It was finally in 1852 that the design was perfected and was ready for commercial use and that has been the standard model of the Stethoscope used till date all over the world. Continue reading
