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Auenbrugger, Leopold

(lā`ōpôlt ou`ənbro͝ogər), 1722–1809, Viennese physician. His findings on the use of percussion in diagnosing chest diseases were published in 1761 (tr. On Percussion of the Chest, 1936). Although ignored for some 40 years, his method, revived by Jean Nicolas Corvisart, was ultimately generally adopted.
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Joseph Leopold Edler von Auenbrugger (1722-1809) was born in Graz, Styria, Austria, and studied medicine at the University of Vienna (3).
In 1761, Auenbrugger described under the twelve observations of dropsy of the chest in his aforementioned book, subheading XLVI, "Dropsy of the Pericardium," his observation of two signs that bear his namesake:
Physical Examination Signs of Inspection and Medical Eponyms in Pericarditis Part I: 1761 to 1852
Se empezaron a formar, entonces, medicos que venian desde la tradicion de la Clinique Interne y de la Pathologie Interne, que tenian a su disposicion para el estudio de las enfermedades en sus pacientes instrumentos, dispositivos e instituciones nuevos, como el examen clinico (que desde hacia poco habia sumado a la inspeccion y a la palpacion, las sempiternas tecnicas de exploracion, la percusion de Joseph Leopold Auenbrugger y la auscultacion mediata de Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec), y los laboratorios de quimica, de fisiologia, de microbiologia y de patologia.
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It was in 1754, when the Austrian physician Leopold Auenbrugger (1722-1809), introduced the method of percussion of the chest.
Leopold Auenbrugger, father of the clinical examination of the chest.
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E o caso de Mendel ou de Auenbrugger. Canguilhem tratou posteriormente do caso de Mendel ao qual se refere Foucault.
Teratologies, on the games between the true and the false: a meeting with Francois Delaporte/Teratologias, sobre os jogos entre o verdadeiro e o falso: encontro com Francois Delaporte
Ogunlerde los mahzende babasina yardim eden kucuk Leopold Auenbrugger'in aklindan hic cikmamisti bu manzara.
When does the roads of a priest, the "Sun King" Louis XIV of France, beauties of ancient Egypt, and Moliere intersect? An alternative overview to the history of science of medicine / Bir rahip, "Gunes Kral" XIV. Louis, antik Misir guzelleri ve Moliere'in yollari ne zaman kesisir? Tip biliminin tarihine alternatif bir bakis
Leopold Auenbrugger gave the world of medicine the invaluable tool of "percussion." The son of an innkeeper, Auenbrugger had seen his father tap a barrel to see if it was empty or full.
The Legacy of Laennec
Leopold Auenbrugger (1722-1809) was the first to use percussion of the chest in diagnosis in 1754 in Vienna.
Ancient times through the 19th century
Leopold Auenbrugger was the inventor of percussion, a method of producing sounds by striking on the walls of the thorax.
The fathers of percussion

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