Leopold Auenbrugger
1722-1809
Viennese physician who discovered and classified the various sounds that healthy and diseased chests make when struck. By striking different areas of the patient's...
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Leopold Auenbrugger invented the method of percussion for the diagnosis of chest diseases. He was born the son of an innkeeper in Graz, Austria. A student of Gerard van Swieten (1700-1772), he receive...
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Leopold Auenbrugger
Joseph Leopold Auenbrugger