Who would have thought that in 1761, the son of an innkeeper in Graz (Austria) would make such a breakthrough in medicine that it would become part of standard procedure in medical diagnosis? Leopold Auenbrugger’s concept of thumping the chest revolutionized medicine. Together with Laënnec’s stethoscope, this diagnostic technique was first used in 1819 and heralded the move away from humoral pathology.

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Auenbrugger. Thumping to Tapping

  • Sibylle Scholtz,
  • Myriam Becker,
  • Lee MacMorris,
  • Achim Langenbucher

摘要

Who would have thought that in 1761, the son of an innkeeper in Graz (Austria) would make such a breakthrough in medicine that it would become part of standard procedure in medical diagnosis? Leopold Auenbrugger’s concept of thumping the chest revolutionized medicine. Together with Laënnec’s stethoscope, this diagnostic technique was first used in 1819 and heralded the move away from humoral pathology.