As 2016 rolled on, the classic stethoscope completed 200 years. On its birth anniversary, there has been quite a debate over retiring the medical diagnostic equipment. In the age of modern technology and science, stethoscope stands out as an archaic instrument. But does it only entail that or does it mean something more to us in all these years?
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