It is at the corner of rue d’Assas and the alleys of the Observatory that a stele pays homage to a major figure in obstetrics. His name: Stéphane Tarnier.
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By Francois-Guillaume Lorrain
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« Aa teacher who dedicated his life to mothers, children, colleagues, students, friends, admirers. The inscription begins to fade from the huge monument dedicated to the master, Tarnier, whose bedrocking Balzac silhouette stands out in an impressive relief. Her hand rests paternally on the newborn’s head, held by the parturient whose guilt is appreciated for the doctor who spared him the puerperal fever and allowed his child not to succumb to a mortality that was more havoc in this second half …

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