Adolphe Pinard
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Adolphe Pinard was a French obstetrician who was a native of Méry-sur-Seine
. He practiced medicine in Paris
, where he was an assistant to Étienne Stéphane Tarnier
(1828-1897) and a professor of obstetrics
.
Pinard was a pioneer of modern perinatal care and the "puericulture movement" in French obstetrics. He made several contributions in his work involving pre-natal and maternal health, and was an advocate of providing social care for pregnant women from deprived environments. He established abdominal obstetric palpation
methods, and his name is associated with "Pinard's maneuvre", which is a technique used in breech extraction. In 1895 he devised a fetal stethoscope
that is sometimes reverently referred to as a "pinard".
Today the Maternité Adolphe-Pinard in Nancy and the Boulevard Adolphe Pinard in Paris are named after him. This boulevard
is a boundary between Paris and the city of Malakoff
.
Adolphe Pinard was a French obstetrician who was a native of Méry-sur-Seine
Méry-sur-Seine
Méry-sur-Seine is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.-Population:-References:*...
. He practiced medicine in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, where he was an assistant to Étienne Stéphane Tarnier
Étienne Stéphane Tarnier
Étienne Stéphane Tarnier was a French obstetrician who was a native of Aiserey. He studied and practiced medicine in Paris, and is often considered as doyen of French obstetrics during the second half of the nineteenth century...
(1828-1897) and a professor of obstetrics
Obstetrics
Obstetrics is the medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy , childbirth and the postnatal period...
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Pinard was a pioneer of modern perinatal care and the "puericulture movement" in French obstetrics. He made several contributions in his work involving pre-natal and maternal health, and was an advocate of providing social care for pregnant women from deprived environments. He established abdominal obstetric palpation
Palpation
Palpation is used as part of a physical examination in which an object is felt to determine its size, shape, firmness, or location...
methods, and his name is associated with "Pinard's maneuvre", which is a technique used in breech extraction. In 1895 he devised a fetal stethoscope
Stethoscope
The stethoscope is an acoustic medical device for auscultation, or listening to the internal sounds of an animal body. It is often used to listen to lung and heart sounds. It is also used to listen to intestines and blood flow in arteries and veins...
that is sometimes reverently referred to as a "pinard".
Today the Maternité Adolphe-Pinard in Nancy and the Boulevard Adolphe Pinard in Paris are named after him. This boulevard
Boulevard
A Boulevard is type of road, usually a wide, multi-lane arterial thoroughfare, divided with a median down the centre, and roadways along each side designed as slow travel and parking lanes and for bicycle and pedestrian usage, often with an above-average quality of landscaping and scenery...
is a boundary between Paris and the city of Malakoff
Malakoff
Malakoff is a suburban commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department southwest of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of the city.-History:The commune of Malakoff was created on 8 November 1883 by detaching its territory from the commune of Vanves...
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