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TIL Earlier, doctors used to tap the patient's chest to get clues about their medical condition. One 'gentleman' French doctor, reluctant to embarrass a young girl, rolled up a sheet of paper to make a tube and placed it on her chest. It worked, and as a result, the stethoscope was invented.

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