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Google doodles to celebrate Ren Laennec 235th birth anniversary

by IBNS 17 Feb 2016, 08:42 am

California, Feb 17 (IBNS) Google om Wednesday celebrated French physicist Ren Laennec's 235th birth anniversary with a doodle.

René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec is credited to have invented the stethoscope, a device used by physicians across the globe to examine the chest.

It is believed that shyness led to the invention of the medical equipment.