Angélique du Coudray
Angelique Marguerite Le Boursier du Coudray (1712 – 1789) was a French midwife.
Biography
- Born 1712
- Died 17 April 1794
Medical Eponyms
Key Medical Contributions
Obstetric Mannequin
Major Publications
- Le Boursier du Coudray. Abrégé de l’art des accouchements. 1769. [2e 1777]
Controversies
References
- Gelbart NR. The King’s Midwife: A History and Mystery of Madame du Coudray. University of California Press, 1998
- Cody LF. Sex, Civility, and the Self: Du Coudray, d’Eon, and Eighteenth-Century Conceptions of Gendered, National, and Psychological Identity. French Historical Studies, 2001; 24(3): 379-407
- Halff R. Angelique Marguerite Le Boursier du Coudray’s Abrégé de l’art des accouchements. 2014
- Madame du Coudray: A Midwife in a Man’s World? Dittrick Medical History Center
- Bibliography. Du Coudray, Angelique Marguerite le Boursier 1712-1789. WorldCat Identities
- Baskett TF. Eponyms and Names in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 3e. 2019: 97-99
