JEAN LOUIS BAUDELOCQUE (1745-1810) Jean Louis Baudelocque was a
famous French obstetrician of the eighteenth century. Napoleon
invited him to attend the Empress Marie-Louise in her first
confinement, and he was also engaged to look after the Queen of
Holland and the Grand Duchess of Berg He is chiefly remembered
for developing the technique for measuring the pelvis before
delivery--the pelvimeter. He was one of the first doctors to
provide medical instruction to midwives, as well as medical
students. His writings on obstetrics were well respected and his
classic text on midwifery, L’art des accouchemens was published
in 1781 and was used widely. It was reissued in many
translations. In 1790 John Heath translated L’art des
accouchemens into English, as a System of Midwifery. This copy
of Heath's translation was published by William P. Dewees in
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