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• n  a medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body

• Doctor's hand holding stethoscope to patient's back.
• For years the dangling stethoscope has been the symbol of the physician.
• A doctor strapped the long tube of a stethoscope to Abbott's chest.

News & Articles

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• San Francisco police arrest alleged serial burglar
  A prolific burglary suspect who wore a duty belt with a variety of burglary tools that even included a stethoscope to listen for activity in another room if residents were present has been arrested, San Francisco police announced Thursday. Authorities said Roman Jarvis, 39, has been charged with a total of 15 felony and two misdemeanor counts on charges including burglary, stolen autos, and ...
  June 13, 2013 - KTVU
• This doctor still makes house calls
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Carrying a small black handbag with a stethoscope and thermometer stuffed inside, Cindy Pinson makes her daily rounds through the tri-state area, visiting patients in their homes. Its really old-fashioned, Pinson said.
  June 13, 2013 - Charleston Daily Mail
• Looking Back
  Looking Back The Empire State IV, a training ship of the Maritime College of the State University, arrived carrying 400 midshipmen at the Port of Albany for a four-day visit. When Bruce Matson swapped his stethoscope for a law degree, some former colleagues in the Capital Region considered him a turncoat and crusading meddler, as welcome in the medical community as a hypodermic needle at a ...
  June 12, 2013 - Albany Times Union