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Laennec named his invention the stethoscope, from the Greek words for “chest” and “to view,”
雷奈克將這一發明命名為聽診器，該詞取自希臘語中的“胸部”及“觀察”二詞，
because it opened a new window into what was happening in the heart and lungs.
因為這一發明為心肺診斷技術開辟了一條新捷徑。
After experimenting with different materials, Laennec decided that wood cylinders conducted sound best.
在對不同材料進行對比后，雷奈克發現木質圓筒的聽診效果最為理想。
He spent the rest of his life interpreting heart and lung sounds, conducting autopsies when possible to confirm the diagnoses he’d made by sound.
他的余生都在研究心肺聽診，盡可能會通過尸檢驗證之前通過聽診確定的診斷。
Although the stethoscope revolutionized Western medicine, it met with great resistance at first.
雖然聽診器完全改變了西醫的診斷方法，但在最初推廣時也受到了很大的阻力。
In the 1820s, many physicians felt that listening through the cylinder would be too time consuming, inconvenient, and well, even silly!
19世紀20年代，許多醫生認為通過圓筒聽診既耗時又麻煩，甚至看起來很愚蠢！
But soon the value of Laennec’s modest invention became clear.
不久，雷奈克這項發明的價值逐漸顯現出來。
And today, the stethoscope is a nearly universal symbol of medicine and health care.
如今，聽診器已經成為醫學和醫療保健的普遍象征。
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