Marie-Louise Lachapelle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French midwife
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Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
About Marie-Louise Lachapelle
- Marie-Louise Lachapelle (1 January 1769 – 4 October 1821) was a French midwife, head of obstetrics at the Hôtel-Dieu, the oldest hospital in Paris.
- She published textbooks about women’s bodies, gynecology, and obstetrics.
- She argued against forceps deliveries and wrote Pratique des accouchements, long a standard obstetric text, which promoted natural deliveries.
- Lachapelle is generally regarded as the mother of modern obstetrics.
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