Marie-Louise Lachapelle was born in Paris to Louis and Marie back in 1769. Don’t have anything on her schooling but apparently, she was well educated. Her mother taught her midwifery. When she was 12 she was performing complicated deliveries, at the tender age of 15 she delivered her first baby single-handedly. She married in 1792 giving birth to a daughter. Her husband died three years later, so to support herself she went back to the one thing she knew best midwifery.
She was placed in charge of the Hotel-Dieu which was one of the largest obstetric hospitals of the time. What you may not know about Marie-Louise is that she delivered approximately 40,000 babies, she is contributed for bringing about birthing techniques and hygiene. She also developed a well-organized course of study for training. She is regarded to this day as the mother of modern obstetrics. She died of stomach cancer in 1821. How says all medical knowledge was done only by men? Anyway, until tomorrow keep a smile on your face.
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