Auenbrugger

Auenbrugger definition - medical

Au·en·brug·ger (ouˈən-bro͝ogˌər), Leopold 1722-1809.

Austrian physician who in 1761 developed the technique of using percussion to diagnose diseases of the thorax and lungs.

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