Google pays a “doodle” tribute to stethoscope inventor René Laennec on his 235th birth anniversary!

Source: Zee News, India, February 2016

New Delhi: February 17th marks the 235th birth anniversary of René Laennec, the inventor of the one thing that became the trademark of every doctor in the world – the stethoscope.

Internet giant Google has, in its trademark doodle style, paid a ‘stethoscopic’ tribute to Laennec. The doodle shows Laennec in black and white holding his prized invention to his ear, while a doctor stands next to him holding a modern-day version of the stethoscope.

Born on this day in 1781 in Quimper (Brittany), Laennec invented the medical tool in 1816, while working at the Hôpital Necker and pioneered its use in diagnosing various chest conditions.