Séverin Pineau (c. 1550 – 29 November 1619), in Latin Severinus Pinaeus Carnutensis, was a Parisian physician and surgeon to the king.
Life and works
Pineau is particularly known for his work in the fields of gynecology and obstetrics. His work De virginitatis notis, graviditate et partu, dealing with the signs of virginity, pregnancy and childbirth, caused a sensation in its time for the direct frankness with which he addressed these subjects. Some copies of the book were also confiscated for this reason.[1]
On 1 February 1579 Pineau, in the company, notably, of one of his colleagues and friends, Ambroise Paré, witnessed the dissection of a woman.[2] The dissection was performed by Jacques d’Amboise.
In 1597, he advocated symphysiotomy to give priority to the child during labour.[3]
De gravitate et partu naturali in quo ossa pubis distrahitio demonstratur, Paris, 1597
Discours touchant l'invention et vraie instruction pour l'opération et extraction du calcul de la vessie, à toutes sortes de personnes, Paris, E. Martin, 1610 OCLC457805820
De virginitatis notis, graviditate et partu, Amsterdam, 1663
De integritatis et corruptionis virginum notis ; graviditate item et partu naturali mulierum, opuscula, Frankfurt, Wohlfart, 1690 OCLC19575386
Legacy
A street and a cul-de-sac in Chartres, in Eure-et-Loir, have been named after Pineau since 1970.[5][6]
References
^"Severin Pineau, et al". Library of the History of Medical Sciences, Marshall University. Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
^M., Dumont (1989). "La longue et laborieuse naissance de la symphyséotomie ou de Séverin Pineau à Jean-René Sigault". J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (in French). pp. 11–21.
