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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

KERGARADEC, Jean Alexandre le Jumeau, vicomte de (1787 – 1877)

1787 – 1877

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1822

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Mémoire sur l’auscultation appliquée à l’étude de la grossesse.

KERGARADEC, Jean Alexandre le Jumeau, vicomte de (1787 – 1877)

Although not the first to record the auscultation of the fetal heart sound, Le Jumeau (Kergaradec), a pupil of Laennec, brought the importance of this diagnostic procedure to the notice of the medical profession. Laen…