FORCEPS IN OBSTETRICS- ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

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Angélique du Coudray (1712–1794) was a French pioneer of midwifery and medical education, best known for transforming childbirth training in 18th-century France. Coming from a family connected to medicine, she trained as a midwife in Paris and became one of the first women to formally teach obstetrics on a large scale. She worked at a time when male surgeons were increasingly trying to take control of childbirth, but she defended the importance of trained female midwives. In 1759, she published