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I present the reader with a new sign, which I have discovered for detecting diseases of the chest, This consists in the percussion of the human thorax, whereby according to the character of the particular sounds thence elicited, an opinion is formed of the internal state of that cavity.

Leopold Auenbrugger

Leopold Auenbrugger

Leopold Auenbrugger

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Born: November 19, 1722

Died: May 17, 1809 (aged 86)

Bio: Josef Leopold Auenbrugger or Avenbrugger, also known as Leopold von Auenbrugger, was the Austrian physician who invented percussion as a diagnostic technique. On the strength of this discovery, he is considered one of the founders of modern medicine.

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