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

翻译人员: Alex Li 校对人员: Shelly 莹嫣 Yao 姚

In a Moment of Vision...

由于一瞬间的想象力……

It's 1816.

1816年

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

35岁的医生雷内·兰尼克

is walking through Paris.

在巴黎城内散步

He pauses to watch as two children signal to each other

他看到两个小孩用一条长木板

across a long piece of wooden board.

互相发送信号

One child holds the board to her ear.

一个小孩把木板的一端放在耳边

The other scratches the opposite end

另一个小孩则刮擦木板的另外一端

sending the amplified sound down the length of wood.

被放大了声音便通过木板传导了过来

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

随后，兰尼克医生被叫去医院，为一名少女检查心脏问题

The patient is purportedly quite well developed

据说这位病人身材发育得非常良好

and Laennec expresses some hesitation

对于直接把耳朵贴在她胸口上

in pressing his ear directly against her chest.

兰尼克医生表示有点犹豫

Remembering the children with the board,

这时，他想起了那两个拿着木板的小孩

Laennec, in a moment of vision and dignity,

这时，出于一瞬间的想象力，也为了维护自己的尊严

tightly rolls a sheet of paper

他将一张纸紧紧卷起来

and places one end to his ear

将一端贴在耳边

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

而将另一端抵在少女饱满的胸前

He is delighted by the clarity of the sound.

他高兴地发现，声音十分清晰

Laennec spends the next three years developing and testing various materials

在接下来的三年，兰尼克医生都在尝试使用不同的材料

and mechanisms

和构造

before settling on a hollow wooden tube with detachable plug.

最终决定使用空心的木管和可拆卸的塞子

His device becomes the forerunner

他发明的这种仪器

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

成为如今使用的金属、塑料和橡胶制听诊器的前身