Michaelis was a pioneer of scientific obstetrics, remembered for his work in the field of pelvimetry.
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Surgeon, researcher and discoverer who defined the characteristics and medical benefits of the ergot alkaloids of Ergometrine, the drug credited with saving hundreds of thousands of women s lives, worldwide; who improved self-delivered nitrous oxide anaesthesia for women in labour, developed the use of x-rays in pelvimetry
परिभाषा
measurement of the dimensions of the bony birth canal (to determine whether vaginal birth is possible)