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The stethoscope: some preliminary investigations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
² University of Edinburgh Medical School
³ Medical Physics Department, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

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Dr Philip D Welsby
Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK; p.welsby{at}ed.ac.uk

Textbooks, clinicians, and medical teachers differ as to whether the stethoscope bell or diaphragm should be used for auscultating respiratory sounds at the chest wall. Logic and our results suggest that stethoscope diaphragms are more appropriate.

Keywords: stethoscope; medical education

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