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He is also known for development of a classical manoeuvre of assisted breech delivery (Mauriceau-Levret manipulation). He gave a description of tubal pregnancy , and with German midwife Justine Siegemundin 1650–1705), he is credited for introducing the practice of puncturing the amniotic sac to arrest bleeding in placenta praevia .
Mauriceau gives the first written account of how to prevent congenital syphilis by providing prenatal treatment. He is also the first to discuss tubal pregnancies, epidemic puerperal fever, and the dangers present when the umbilical cord slips into the vagina before the unborn baby.
François Mauriceau, né en 1637, mort le 17 octobre 1709, est un chirurgien français, considéré comme l'un des premiers à faire de « l'art des accouchements » ou obstétrique, une spécialité. Il joue un rôle important dans l'avènement d'une obstétrique moderne.
François Mauriceau. 1637-1709. French surgeon who contributed to the practice of obstetrics, the branch of medicine concerned with the care of pregnant women. He was the first to use the term pudendal, which refers to the external genitals of a woman, and the term fossa navicularis, which is a deep depression of the skin in the vagina.
Dec 21, 2012 · Read this article. In 17th century France, the practice of obstetrics passed from female midwives to medical men called accoucheurs. François Mauriceau, a prominent French obstetrician of the 17th century urged the need of an organised obstetrical education, emphasising anatomy.
- M. Karamanou, G. Creatsas, T. Demetriou, G. Androutsos
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Dec 1, 1977 · François Mauriceau (1637-1709) was the leading obstetrician of his day. His remarks on teething in his Traité des Maladies des Femmes Grosses et Accouchées (1668), a book that established obstetrics as a science, show that he was ahead of many of his contemporaries in rejecting centuries of superstitions; he even had the boldness, according ...
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Jan 1, 2013 · François Mauriceau, a prominent French obstetrician of the 17th century urged the need of an organised obstetrical education, emphasising anatomy. He invented the semi-recumbent or 'French ...
