Fernando Augusto Ribeiro de Magalhães, Brazilian gynecologist and obstetrician (Rio de Janeiro 18 February 1878 – Rio de Janeiro 10 January 1944)

From Portuguese father

Authored over 200 medical works

Modified the Gasinski pelvimeter

Uma modificação do fórceps de Tarnier. Brazil Med. 18:8, 1904

Um novo fórceps. Brazil Médico 18 (1904)

Proposed a therapeutic guidance for treatment of puerperal infection 

Advocated the use of metallic tubular drainage in the treatment of localized puerperal infection

Laid down some indications for Caesarean section (1922)

Developed a Caesarean section method of his own insulating uterus with rubber sheets (1915)

Idealized a low caesarean section with anterior incision and low body with exteriorized uterus in Lições de Clinica Obstetrica (Novas lições) 1933

Enunciated Fernando de Magalhães laws for forceps use (extracted from M. Bittencourt. Diccionario Onomastico de Medicina e Pharmacia 1938)

1)      Law of curvatures consonance: “the pelvian curvature to forceps corresponds to  curvy direction of pelvis”

2)      Law of surfaces correlation: “the concavity of spoon fórceps are intended to regular convexity of poles”

3)      Law of parallel transposition: “the smaller intracochlear parallel it will pass the bigger delivery parallel”

4)      Law of directing propulsions: “the power acts guiding the upper pole of delivery leaving free the largest sphere segment”

His son, Nuno Andrade de Magalhães, gynecologist and obstetrician (Rio de Janeiro 20 July 1908 – Rio de Janeiro 14 April 1952)

With his father established dosification as a main principle in hormone therapy 

With F. Magalhães. Dose na foliculinoterapia. Rev. Gynecol. Obst. (1948)

Nova modificação da reação de Aschheim e Zondek para o diagnóstico biológico da prenhez. Brasil Med. 52 (1934) 

With J.M. Moniz de Aragão. Diagnóstico precoce da prenhez. Uma technica inédita. Brasil Medico (1933) 

SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY

Vitalidade do ovário fora do organismo (pesquizas pessoais) Brasil Medico (1934)

Orientação de Fernando Magalhães no tratamento da infecção puerperal. Rev. Ginec. et d’ Obst. Brasil (1936)

Eclâmpsia experimental (1945)