Adolphe Pinard (1844-1934), French obstetrician. Pinard was appointed Professor of Clinical Obstetrics at the Paris Faculty of Medicine in 1890. He wa
Adolphe Pinard (1844-1934), French obstetrician. Pinard was appointed Professor of Clinical Obstetrics at the Paris Faculty of Medicine in 1890. He was elected to the Academie de Medicine in 1892. He made many advances in obstetrics, including his 1895 invention of the Pinard horn for listening to the foetal heartbeat, and making provisions for destitute pregnant women. He was made an officer of the Legion of Honour, and elected mayor of his home town Mery-sur-Seine. In 1924, he was elected a member of parliament at the Palais Bourbon (the French National Assembly). 20th-century photogravure.
Size: 2477px × 3531px
Photo credit: © NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 1800s, 1900s, 19th, 20th, academie, academy, adolphe, adult, assembly, black--white, caucasian, century, clinical, de, deputy, doctor, europe, european, faculty, foetal, france, french, hat, heartbeat, historical, history, honour, horn, human, legion, male, man, mayor, medical, medicine, member, mery-sur-seine, monochrome, national, obstetrician, obstetrics, paris, parliament, people, person, photogravure, physician, pinard, plume, plumed, portrait, pregnancy, professor, scroll, surgeon, surgery, surgical, uniform
