Name of Object:

Laënnec examining a patient at the Necker Hospital in 1816

Location:

Paris, France

Holding Institution:

National Library of France

 About National Library of France, Paris

Date of Object:

19th century

Author:

Artist: Théobald Chartran (1849-1907)

Inventory Number:

N-2 (LAENNEC, RENE)

Description:

The 19th century saw a number of important advances in the medical field. René Laënnec (1781–1926) was a French doctor who invented the stethoscope, allowing him to improve medical diagnoses by listening to patients' chests. Doctors were thus able to analyse sounds inside the body, and link them to illnesses such as tuberculosis, which was very common in the 19th century.

Type of Object

Print

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

N-2 (LAENNEC, RENE)

Citation of this web page:

"Laënnec examining a patient at the Necker Hospital in 1816" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;fr;90;en

Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: FR 090