Adolphe Pinard

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Adolphe Pinard (1844-1934) was a French obstetrician who was a native of Méry-sur-Seine. He practiced medicine in Paris, where he was an assistant to Étienne Stéphane Tarnier (1828-1897) and a professor of obstetrics.

Pinard was a pioneer of modern perinatal care and the "puericulture movement" in French obstetrics. He made several contributions in his work involving pre-natal and maternal health, and was an advocate of providing social care for pregnant women from deprived environments. He established abdominal obstetric palpation methods, and his name is associated with "Pinard's maneuvre", which is a technique used in breech extraction. In 1895 he devised a fetal stethoscope that is sometimes referred to as a "pinard".

Today the Maternité Adolphe-Pinard in Nancy and the Boulevard Adolphe Pinard in Paris are named after him. This boulevard is a boundary between Paris and the city of Malakoff.