Smellie method
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Smellie method scissors — Smel·lie method, scissors (smelґe) [William Smellie, British obstetrician, 1697–1763] see under scissors and see Mauriceau maneuver, under maneuver … Medical dictionary
Mauriceau maneuver — Mauriceau Smellie Veit maneuver a method of delivering the aftercoming head in cases of breech presentation: the infant s body rests on the physician s palm and forearm with the index and middle fingers over the maxilla to flex the head while the … Medical dictionary
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Forceps in childbirth — Intervention ICD 9 CM 72.0 72.4 Forceps are a surgical instrument that resembles a pair of tongs and … Wikipedia
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Jean-Louis Baudelocque — (November 30, 1745 May 2, 1810) was a French obstetrician who studied and practiced medicine in Paris.Baudelocque is known for making obstetrics a scientific discipline in France. He advanced and popularized the methodology of William Smellie… … Wikipedia
Gustav Veit — Aloys Constantin Conrad Gustav Veit (June 3, 1824 April 20, 1903) was a German gynecologist and obstetrician who was a native of Leobschütz. He was the father of gynecologist Johann Veit (1852 1917).In 1848 he received his medical doctorate from… … Wikipedia
