How the stethoscope was invented | Moments of Vision 7 - Jessica Oreck

Kako je izmišljen stetoskop | U Trenutku vizije 7 - Jessica Oreck

Prevoditelj: Irma Komljenović Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

In a Moment of Vision...

U Trenutku vizije...

It's 1816.

1816. je.

A 35-year-old doctor by the name of René Laennec

35-godišnji doktor René Laennec

is walking through Paris.

šeće Parizom.

He pauses to watch as two children signal to each other

Staje i gleda kako si dvoje djece šalje signale

across a long piece of wooden board.

preko duge drvene daske.

Jedno dijete drži dasku uz svoje uho.

One child holds the board to her ear.

The other scratches the opposite end

Drugo grebe suprotni kraj

sending the amplified sound down the length of wood.

šaljući pojačani zvuk kroz dasku.

Later, Laennec is called to assess a young woman with a heart condition.

Poslije je Laennec pozvan da pregleda mladu djevojku sa srčanom bolesti

Pacijentica je navodno bila prilično razvijena,

The patient is purportedly quite well developed

pa Laennec oklijeva

and Laennec expresses some hesitation

u naslanjanju svog uha izravno na njena prsa.

in pressing his ear directly against her chest.

Remembering the children with the board,

Sjetivši se djece s daskom, Laennec,

Laennec, in a moment of vision and dignity,

u trenutku vizije i dostojanstva,

tightly rolls a sheet of paper

čvrsto smota list papira,

jedan kraj pritišće uz svoje uho

and places one end to his ear

and one end over the young woman's heaving bosom.

a drugi uz grudi mlade pacijentice.

He is delighted by the clarity of the sound.

Oduševljen je jasnoćom zvuka.

Laennec spends the next three years developing and testing various materials

Laennec prvodi sljedeće tri godine razvijajući i testirajući

razne materijale i mehanizame

and mechanisms

before settling on a hollow wooden tube with detachable plug.

sve dok ne izabere šuplju drvenu cijev sa odvojivim krajem.

Njegov uređaj postaje preteča metalnog,

His device becomes the forerunner

to the metal, plastic, and rubber stethoscope we still use today.

plastičnog i gumenog stetoskopa kojeg još i danas koristimo.