A solid report on an intriguing history -- the creation of the stethoscope. Producer Catherine Welch does a credible job tracing the development of an important medical instrument. I enjoy pieces about little known history of something we take for granted. She has a variety of voices (one phoner unfortunately) and strong writing that keeps the listener thinking. There is a soq out for KBIA News which might need to be edited out. In future to make the modules more attractive to stations, producers might want to change their outcues to be more generic, "I'm...." This piece would work well on health or medical shows or news magazines that might want to follow up with local health stories. It's very evergreen and would interest most listeners.