Bicentenary of Sir John Forbes (1787-1861)

Scott Med J. 1987 Dec;32(6):186-7. doi: 10.1177/003693308703200611.

Abstract

This year is the bicentenary of the birth of the distinguished Scottish physician, Sir John Forbes, famous for his translation of the great French medical classic, De L'Auscultation Médiate by R.T.H. Laennec, the inventor of the stethoscope.

Publication types

  • Biography
  • Historical Article
  • Portrait

MeSH terms

  • Auscultation / history
  • Auscultation / instrumentation
  • History, 18th Century
  • History, 19th Century
  • Humans
  • Internal Medicine / history
  • Scotland
  • Thoracic Diseases / diagnosis
  • Thoracic Diseases / history
  • Translations

Personal name as subject

  • J Forbes