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Stethoscope (1816): Rene Laennec UNITED STATES
Used to acquire information about
the lungs and heartbeat The University of Pennsylvania’s
Microscope (1840): Antonie van William Pepper Laboratory of clinical
Leeuwenhoek
Medicine (1895)- Opened to highlight
For medical purposes due to
advances in lenses and power cost. the service role of clinical
Ophthalmoscope (1850): Hermann von laboratories.
Helmholz The Demand for and Training of
First visual technology invented
Laboratory Technicians (1918)-
Laryngoscope (1855): Manuel Garcia
Using 2 mirrors to observe the Published by John Kolmer.
larynx
X-ray (1859): Wilheim Roentgen
Allowed the physician to view the
inside of the body without
surgery.
Electrocardiograph (1903): William
Einthoven
To measure electrical changes
during the beating of the heart.
Kenny Method (1910): Elizabeth Kenny
Served as the pioneering work for
modern physical therapy
Drinker respirator (1927): Philip
Drinker
recover normal respiration with
the assistance of artificial
respirator.