TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Before the stethoscope: 'The Examination' by Jules-Abel Faivre, c. 1898. A beautiful, young woman looks away coyly while an aged doctor examines her chest. The painting depicts the technique of "direct auscultation" used by physicians before Laennec invented the stethoscope.

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