Peter Chamberlen the younger
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Peter Chamberlen the younger
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Peter Chamberlen (1572–1626) was the younger of two brothers with the same forename, the sons of Guillaume (William) Chamberlen, a Huguenot surgeon who fled from Paris to England in 1569. The Chamberlens are famous for inventing the modern use of obstetrical forceps. It remained a family secret for nearly two centuries and through four generations of accoucheur. The scanty evidence for the early use of the forceps only suggests, however, that Peter Chamberlen the third, in the next generation, m
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