Adolphe Pinard
Adolphe Pinard (1844–1934) was a French obstetrician
Pinard was a pioneer of modern perinatal care; his provision of social care to deprived pregnant women progressed to a recognition of the value of medical care of mother and baby before as well as after birth; and demonstrated the value of a logical and systematic approach to abdominal palpation in pregnancy
Pinard opened the first child welfare clinic in France and used to follow up his children from birth until they were 2 years of age. Inventor of the Pinard horn (fetoscope)
Biography
- Born on February 4, 1844 at Méry-sur-Seine, France
- Etienne Stéphane Tarnier (1828-1897) at the Paris Maternité Hospital
- mayor of Mérysur-Seine
- held a seat in the parliament at the Palais Bourbon
- Died on March 1, 1934 at Méry-sur-Seine, France
Medical Eponyms
Pinard Obstetric Palpation
External cephalic version. Pinard provided clear guidelines for abdominal palpation of the foetus, in particular seeking the presenting part at the pelvic brim
The head may be in relation with the superior uterine segment, while the breech remains below.
When the presentation is really transverse, as is shown in figs. 24 and 25, the operative procedure is essentially the same as that employed in presentation of the breech. The head in one of the iliac fosses, and the breech in the opposite flank.
In this case apply one hand over the foetal head, the other over the breech, and by gentle and sustained pressure exerted inversely over one and the other extremity, turn the two poles of the foetus under the median line. (See fig. 26)
This manoeuvre is the simplest, and I have never seen it fail during gestation.
Pinard horn (1895) [Stéthoscope obstétrical de Pinard]
Monaural stethoscope designed specifically for auscultation of the heart sounds of an foetus in the womb. The device consists of a hollow, trumpet-shaped tube that is pressed against the mother’s abdomen, allowing the practitioner to listen to the foetal heart sounds through the inner channel by air conduction
Most commonly cited as being designed in 1895, however, obstetric instrument manufacture of the ‘Stéthoscope de Pinard’ started in 1885…
Pinard obstetric instruments and models
Pinard labour suites at Tarnier
Original
English
Le nouveau pavillon d’accouchements est situé à l’extrémité des vastes jardins de la Maternité de Paris. Ce pavillon comprend un rez-de-chaussée et un premier étage. Il a la forme d’un parallélogramme rectangulaire et mesure 14m, 20 de longueur, 7m, 80 de largeur. Ses deux façades sont orientées au nord et au midi ; les deux pignons regardent le levant et le couchant
The new labor ward is located at the end of the vast gardens of the Paris Maternity Hospital. This ward comprises a ground floor and a first floor. It is shaped like a rectangular parallelogram and measures 14.20 meters in length and 7.80 meters in width. Its two facades face north and south; the two gables face east and west.
Major Publications
- Pinard A. Nouvelles recherches de pelvimétrie et de pelvigraphie, sur la forme et les diamètres antéro-postérieurs de 100 bassins viciés représentés de grandeur naturelle. Thèse 1874
- Pinard A. De l’action comparée du chloroforme, du clhoral de l’opium et de la morphine chez la femme en travail. Thèse 1878
- Pinard A. Traité du palper abdominal: au point de vue obstétrical et de la version par manoeuvres externe 1878 [Pinard A. A treatise on abdominal palpation : as applied to obstetrics, and version by external manipulations. Translation Neale LE, 1885]
- Pinard A. Les nouvelles matérnites et le pavillon Tarnier. Annales de gynécologie et d’obstétrique v.13-14 1880
- Pinard A, Varnier H. De l’irrigation continue comme traitement prophylactique et curatif des infections puerpérales. 1886
- Pinard A. Traité du palper abdominal: au point de vue obstétrical, et de la version par manoeuvres externes 1889
- Pinard A. Traitement de l’infection puerpérale. 1896
- Pinard A. Clinique obstétricale. 1899
- Pinard A. Du foeticide. 1901
References
Biography
- Pinard A. Notice sur les titres et travaux scientifiques. 1899
- Adolphe Pinard (1844–1934). Bulletin de la Société d’Obstétrique et de Gynécologie de Paris 1934; 23: 335-342
- Adolphe Pinard (1844–1934). The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the British Empire 1934; 41(3): 422-423
- Dumont M. Le cent-cinquantenaire de la naissance d’Adolphe Pinard (1844-1934) [The sesquicentennial anniversary of the birth of Adolphe Pinard (1844-1934)]. J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 1994;23(4):351-7.
- Dunn PM. Adolphe Pinard (1844-1934) of Paris and intrauterine paediatric care. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2006 May;91(3):F231-2.
- Schneider WH. Puericulture, and the Style of French Eugenics. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 1986; 8(2): 265-277
- Peschanski N, Cadogan M. A vivid grouping (1903). LITFL
- Adolphe Pinard (1844-1934). Neonatology on the web.
Eponymous terms
- Witkowski G-J. Histoire des accouchements chez tous les peuples. 1887
- Skeide A. Music to My Ears: A Material-semiotic Analysis of Fetal Heart Sounds in Midwifery Prenatal Care. Science, Technology, & Human Values 2021; 47(3)
Eponym
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