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Corvisart Jean Nicolas
(1755 — 1821)
Jean-Nicholas Corvisart, an important figure in early 19th century French medicine, popularized percussion as a diagnostic tool, was the author of a major textbook on cardiovascular diseases and was Napoleon's personal physician.
The Austrian physician Leopold von Auenbrugg (1722-1809) first described the diagnostic utility of chest percussion... More...
France, 1964, Corvisart
France, Paris, post office Corvisart
France, 1964.12.12, Dricourt. Corvisart