The Stethoscope and the Art of Listening. Author: Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D. Author Info & Affiliations. ... I contend that the stethoscope best symbolizes the practice of medicine.

Why is a 200-year-old icon of the medical field still in wide use in the digital age? Some say modern tools are more informative and worth the extra cost, but the stethoscope has staunch defenders.

The art of auscultation using a stethoscope is a right-of-passage skill learned by all medical trainees on their journeys to becoming clinicians.

Suggestions that technological advancements could render the stethoscope obsolete aren't new, as handheld ultrasound machines were already making waves in 2012, FierceHealthIT reported at the time ...

Welcome back to “History’s Heroes” where we learn about our favorite Jewish Heroes and craft, paint, or experiment along the way. This week: Rambam-Stethoscope Painting.

Either way, he went home and crafted a wooden cylinder with a hole down the middle, and that became the first stethoscope. It took a while for the art of listening to the body through a tube to ...

The stethoscope is a ubiquitous screening tool and a symbol of the medical profession. It may also need an update. The effectiveness of the 200-year-old device depends on the skill, experience and ...

GP who had his stethoscope turned into Surrealist art. Jeffrey Sherwin is proof that you do not need megabucks to be an important art collector. September 9, 2009 16:34. By. Julia Weiner , ...

New stethoscope uses AI to help doctors find heart valve problems 01:51. LAWRENCE - There is encouraging news about the role of artificial intelligence in health care.