BOIVIN, Marie Anne Victoire (1773 – 1841)
1773 – 1841
3 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1812 CE
#6165
Mémorial de l’art des accouchements.
Mme Boivin was one of the most famous of the Paris midwives. She improved the speculum and wrote intelligently on hydatidiform mole.
1827 CE
#6172
Nouvelles recherches sur l’origine, la nature et le traitement de la mole vésiculaire ou grossesse hydatique.
Classic description of hydatidiform mole.
1833 CE
#6028
Traité pratique des maladies de l’utérus et de ses annexes. 2 vols. and atlas.
Boivin and Dugès practiced amputation of the cervix for chronic ulceration. On page 648 of vol. 2 is the first recorded case of cancer of the female urethra. English translation, 1834.