Moysés Paciornik

Moysés Goldstein Paciornik (4 October 1914 – 26 December 2008) was a Brazilian physician. He was born in the city of Curitiba in the Paraná state, located in Southern Brazil. He graduated in Medicine in 1938. In 1959 he founded the Paranaense Center for Medical Research, which he was director.[1] The center was dedicated to the prevention of cancer and gynecological services extended to Indian reservations in southern Brazil, at which time Moysés became a supporter of squatting birth, noting that the Kaingang Indian tribe, despite having many children, had firmer vaginal muscles than city women.[2]

Moysés Paciornik
Born4 October 1914
Curitiba, PR
Died26 December 2008
São Paulo, SP
NationalityBrazilian
Known forsquatting birth, pap smear
Scientific career
FieldsObstetrics
InstitutionsParanaense Center for Medical Research

He wrote several books and belonged to the Paraná Academy of Arts, to the Brazilian Academy of Medical Writers and was the pioneer of the pap smear screening test in Brazil. At the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), he founded the chair of Prenatal Care in 1952.

Moysés Paciornik died on December 26, 2008 of cardiac arrest and was buried on the 28th in Curitiba.[3]

His son Claudio Paciornik carries on with his work.

Publications
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gollark: They just go around arbitrarily looking at your computer username?
gollark: I don't get why so many people pick usernames which contain their real names and which they have to redact constantly.
gollark: Except things which do.
gollark: Also how 3rd person singular verbs have -s but nothing else does.

See also

References
  1. Statement of Health Merit Award by the Paraná legislative 9-8-2006 Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Pioneer, a champion of women and healthy life. Life and Citizenship. 27-12-2008 Archived 2008-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Death of physician who was famous in Brazil as an advocate of squatting births. G1 Globo News. 27-12-2008.
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