Stethoscope
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An instrument used in auscultation for examining the organs ofthe chest, as the heart and lungs, by conveying to the ear of theexaminer the sounds produced in the thorax.
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Medical device rarly used for real observation but given annualy to medical students (and doctors) as though to awaken respect.
The only murmur really heard by it nowadays is the student's incoherent mumble of diagnose.
Demonstrating the everlasting incapability of the listener to determine what he really heard it serves as first choice medical equipment.
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a piece of medical equipment that doctors use to listen to your heart and lungs
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A medical instrument for listening to the action of someones heart or breathing, typically having a small disk-shaped resonator that is placed against the chest, and two tubes connected to earpieces.
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