Marie-Anne Victoire Gillain Boivin (9 April 1773 β 16 May 1841) was a French midwife, inventor, and obstetrics writer.
Mme Boivin has been called one of the most important women in medicine in the 19th century.
Boivin invented a new pelvimeter and a vaginal speculum, and the medical textbooks that she wrote were translated to different languages and used for 150 years.
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