Historical PerspectiveRonald M. Cyr M.D
OBSTETRICS&
GYNECOLOGY
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Home Birth - 1901history-of-obgyn.com
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Difficult Laborhistory-of-obgyn.com
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FilletNet passed over fetal head to help extract the child
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Peter Chamberlen (1601–1683)Early user of obstetric forceps in England
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Forceps – 1700shistory-of-obgyn.com
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William Smellie 1697-1763Famous writer, teacher of “man-midwifery”
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Man-Midwifehistory-of-obgyn.com
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Obstetric Cervical Dilatorshistory-of-obgyn.com
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Obstetric Instrumentshistory-of-obgyn.com
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Morphine-Scopolamine AnalgesiaPopularized in NYC 1914
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Ignaz Semellweiss 1818-18651st to show effectiveness of antisepsis
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Oliver Wendell Holmes 1809-1894Postulated infectious nature of puerperal fever
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Max Sänger 1853-1903Introduced “modern” classical cesarean in 1882
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J. Whitridge Williams 1866-1931
Professor Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins UWriter, teacher - most influential
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Joseph B. DeLee 1869-1942Founder, Chicago Lying-In Hospital
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“APGAR“ Scorehistory-of-obgyn.com
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Life Expectancy at Birthhistory-of-obgyn.com
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Ephraim McDOWELL 1771-1830Performed 1st ovariectomy
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GYN Exam – 1830s“Touch…don’t look”
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GYN Exam Table 1830sFor the less modest
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J. Marion Sims 1813-1883“Father of American GYN”
Pioneer vesico-vaginal fistula surgeonFounder Woman’s Hospital NYC
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Thomas Addis Emmet(1828-1919)
1st assistant to SimsLater superseded him as vaginal
GYN surgeon and textbook author
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Howard Atwood Kelly 1858-19431st Prof GYN at Johns Hopkins U
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Surgery at Johns Hopkins 1890sKelly in middle
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Surgery at Johns Hopkins 1927history-of-obgyn.com
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1890s
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Malpractice Insurance - 1901history-of-obgyn.com
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