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Cuvier&Laennec
MASC Academic team
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who is known as the Father of Paleontology? | Georges Cuvier is known as the father of Paleontology |
| When and where was Cuvier Born? | Aug. 23, 1769, in Montbéliard, France |
| What did Cuvier Study? | Paleontology, Marine Vertebrate and Comparative Anatomy. |
| How did Cuvier interpret fossils? | By using insight from personal experiences |
| Who was the first to believe that a mass extinction happened? | Georges Cuvier Believed a mass extinction happened. |
| How much of a fossil did Cuvier need to tell what it came from or what it resembles? | A small part of the skeleton |
| When and where Did Cuvier Die? | May 13,1832 in Paris, France |
| Who invented the Stethoscope? | Rene Laennec invented the Stethoscope |
| Who began Laennec's medical studies? | His Uncle |
| Where did Laennec learn to apply surgical dressings? | At the Hotel-Dieu of Nantes |
| How did Laennec address his patients? | Through autopsies of the chest cavities |
| Who is the father of clinical auscultation? | Rene Laennec is the father of clinical auscultation |
| What diseases were first diagnosed by Laennec? | pneumonia, bronchiectasis, pleurisy, emphysema, and pneumothorax. |