The stethoscope is one of the most recognizable tool associated with medical doctors.
Yet one would hardly believe it inventor, René Théophile Hyacinthe Laënnec (Feb 17, 1781 ), was led to the discovery out of fear of touching a woman's chest!
My point here is: what is your fear leading you to discover? Is your fear of failing fuel enough to push you through? Or is it rejection that scares you.
Laënnec did a simple math: he cannot treat the woman without touching her chest. Since that was not an option for him, a new means of achieving the same result became necessary, and obviously, possible. What is it for you?
Indeed his discovery was way better than the traditional method of listening through the back of the patient (see: picture).
But if you are a doctor, would you forgive him?
credits: http://imgur.com/gallery/q3qBCzt
