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

Kako so izumili stetoskop | Trenutki vizije 7 - Jessica Oreck

Translator: Klavdija Cernilogar Reviewer: Matej Divjak

In a Moment of Vision...

[V trenutku vizije...]

It's 1816.

Leta 1816 smo.

35-letni zdravnik, René Laennec,

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

is walking through Paris.

se sprehaja po Parizu.

He pauses to watch as two children signal to each other

Ustavi se in opazuje dva otroka, ki si pošiljata signale

across a long piece of wooden board.

preko dolge lesene deske.

One child holds the board to her ear.

Eden približa desko ušesu.

The other scratches the opposite end

Drugi popraska po drugem koncu

sending the amplified sound down the length of wood.

in pošlje ojačan zvok po dolžini deske.

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

Laennec kasneje pregleda dekle, ki ima bolezen srca.

Pacientka je dobro razvita

The patient is purportedly quite well developed

in Laennec okleva,

and Laennec expresses some hesitation

in pressing his ear directly against her chest.

ali naj pritisne uho kar na njene prsi.

Remembering the children with the board,

Spomni se otrok z desko

Laennec, in a moment of vision and dignity,

in v trenutku vizije

dostojanstveno zvije list papirja

tightly rolls a sheet of paper

and places one end to his ear

in en konec pristavi k ušesu,

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

drugega pa k mladenkinim bujnim prsim.

Čistost zvoka ga prevzame.

He is delighted by the clarity of the sound.

Laennec spends the next three years developing and testing various materials

Naslednja tri leta Laennec razvija in testira materiale in mehanizme,

and mechanisms

before settling on a hollow wooden tube with detachable plug.

preden se odloči za votlo leseno cev s snemljivim čepom.

Njegova naprava postane predhodnik

His device becomes the forerunner

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

kovinskih, plastičnih in gumijastih stetoskopov, ki so v rabi še danes.