"I loved mountains, and trekking was my fascination. But I never went to mountains because of the disease. Later I got married. My husband had interest in mountaineering and often enjoyed trekking. On one fine morning my husband informed that he may be going for trekking after two weeks. Reluctantly, I asked him if I can accompany him up to the base camp. Both of us went to the asthma doctor to seek the advice. The doctor suggested  that I may not only go up to the base camp but can do mountaineering as well. He taught me a simple basic principle that an asthmatic can do anything provided he does work in an asthmatic style. I was advised to do some light exercises before doing more strenuous ones. Thus, I started trekking after 5 years of our marriage. My husband encouraged me at every step and with determination I did which was appeared impossible to me at one time. Now I do regular exercise, some 'yogic asans' especially 'pranayama' and found them quite useful.

I consider that every asthmatic can do all things that a normal person can do, this required two things: One strong determination and second learning asthmatic style of doing works.
 

In 1805 he fell seriously ill. Due to repeated attacks of asthma and academic exhaustion his body was reduced to bones only. In this condition his cousin took him to a village near Paris. Laennec stayed there for 3 months and in the fresh rural environment his health improved and then returned to Paris. He stayed free from asthma for the next seven years. Then asthma made a re-appearance and again he was taken to clear atmosphere of his cousin's village where Laennec showed steady improvement. But this time on return to the polluted atmosphere of the city, combined with exhaustive work, his health again started deteriorating.

From the years 1812 to 1815, Laennec had suffered from severe attacks of asthma and his condition worsened. During this period France was engaged in war. Possibly hard labour, mental tension and atmospheric pollution led him to repeated severe attacks of asthma.

One day, Laennec saw two children playing. They were standing at some distance from each other. One of them had a piece of a wood and other a small box. These two objects were connected with a thread. When one child scratched the surface of the wood, the other could hear it in box. This incident clicked him with an idea that lead to invention of "Stethoscope". Previously, the doctors had to place their ear on the chest of the patient to hear the sounds of their heart or lungs. This was an unpleasant activity for the patients, especially for the female patients. This problem was solved with the invention of the "Stethoscope".

Laennec also discovered a dreaded disease of liver named after him as "Laennec Cirrohsis". Unfortunately apart from asthma at the young age of 45 he got infected with Tuberculosis. During those days drugs for Tuberculosis were not invented. For months he remained in the clutches of this fatal disease, but inspite of this he did not stop serving his patients. When body gave away completely and drugs were proving ineffective, he was once again taken to the pollution free environment of the village. But after a short time this great scientist left for heavenly abode.