Doctors have been listening to patients’ hearts, lungs, and intestines using stethoscopes, for over 200 years to assess their health and heartbeat.
René Laennec, a French physician, invented the first stethoscope which was just an improvised hollow tube all the way back in 1816, because he was embarrassed about placing his ear on a woman’s chest to listen to her heartbeat.
Stethoscopes have become a hallmark of the medical profession, with their disc-shaped resonator and two tubes connecting to earpieces. Such a simple tool and yet it has saved so many lives.
A stethoscope and a set of scrubs or a lab coat can convert any actor, actress or by stander into a doctor. This is one of the greatest props for any medical skit, video or testimonial.
If you want to say medicine with a prop, no other prop does it like a doctors Stethoscope.