TIL the stethoscope was invented because a French doctor felt uncomfortable placing his face on a younger woman's chest.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1570491/



Submitted April 05, 2015 at 05:35PM by Dylpod http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/31ihie/til_the_stethoscope_was_invented_because_a_french/