PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Dunn, P M TI - Stéphane Tarnier (1828–1897), the architect of perinatology in France AID - 10.1136/fn.86.2.F137 DP - 2002 Mar 01 TA - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition PG - F137--F139 VI - 86 IP - 2 4099 - http://fn.bmj.com/content/86/2/F137.short 4100 - http://fn.bmj.com/content/86/2/F137.full SO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed2002 Mar 01; 86 AB - Stéphane Tarnier studied medicine in Paris and became the doyen of obstetrics in France during the second half of the 19th century. He pioneered many advances and encouraged a perinatal approach to childbirth that was further developed by his disciples, Budin and Pinard.