Welcome to AirNManky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Necessity is the mother of invention, as the saying goes, so many inventions and products

we have today arose from a problem someone needed to solve.

And such was the case with French physician, Renee Theophili, Hyacinth Lenek, who desperately

wanted to find a better way to listen to a patient's heartbeat.

Anyone who's ever been to a doctor's office is familiar with Renee's iconic invention,

the Stethoscope.

The name comes from the Greek word Stetho, meaning chest and scope, which translates to

examination.

The Stethoscope's invention forever changed healthcare, and is probably one of the top

inventions in medical history.

The device amplifies internal sounds, allowing for preliminary clues in evaluating a patient's

health, for example, a dull sound where a more resonant sound should be, might indicate

a build-up of fluid in the lungs or even a tumor.

Healthcare professionals have used the Stethoscope to listen to everything internal, from hearts

and lungs to gastrointestinal exam and obstetrics.

Before Renee's invention, though doctors had very few tools at their disposal to diagnose

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