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Leopold Auenbrugger

1722 - 1809

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Josef Leopold Auenbrugger or Avenbrugger (19 November 1722 – 17 May 1809), also known as Leopold von Auenbrugger, was an Austrian physician who invented percussion as a diagnostic technique. On the strength of this discovery, he is considered one of the founders of modern medicine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leopold Auenbrugger is the 295th most popular physician (up from 296th in 2019), the 441st most popular biography from Austria (up from 473rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Austrian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Leopold Auenbrugger ranks 295 out of 726. Before him are William Gull, James Barry, Pierre Fauchard, Dean Mahomed, Herman Snellen, and Leonid Kulik. After him are Henry Heimlich, Kálmán Kalocsay, Jan Jesenius, Eva Klein, Caesarius of Nazianzus, and Ennio Antonelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1722, Leopold Auenbrugger ranks 11. Before him are Georg Benda, Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Jazzar Pasha, Paisius of Hilendar, Samuel Adams, and Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt, Paisius Velichkovsky, Pietro Nardini, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, and Amursana. Among people deceased in 1809, Leopold Auenbrugger ranks 13. Before him are Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, Ueda Akinari, August Ludwig von Schlözer, and Joseph-Marie Vien. After him are Matthew Boulton, François Laurent d'Arlandes, John Moore, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Archduke Karl of Austria-Este, and Augustin Pajou.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Leopold Auenbrugger ranks 441 out of 1,424. Before him are Moritz von Schwind (1804), Franziska Donner (1900), Anna Mahler (1904), Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria (1630), Viktor Kaplan (1876), and Gitta Sereny (1921). After him are Archduchess Clementina of Austria (1798), Hanns Albin Rauter (1895), René Spitz (1887), Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (1907), Lotte Lenya (1898), and Marisa Mell (1939).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Austria

Among physicians born in Austria, Leopold Auenbrugger ranks 8. Before him are Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857), Eric Kandel (1929), Aribert Heim (1914), Hans Selye (1907), Hans Asperger (1906), and Irmfried Eberl (1910). After him are Victor Babeș (1854), Paul Neumann (1875), Bénédict Morel (1809), and Fritz Klein (1932).

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