Juan María Rodríguez Arangoity, Mexican obstetrician (Ciudad de Mexico 27 January 1828 – Ciudad de Mexico 24 June 1894)
Pioneer in diagnose pregnancy employing combined palpation and auscultation
Developed techniques for obstetrical exploration
Introduced a number of innovations in midwifery
Modified the version by outer manoeuvre
Modified the Kiwish procedure for dilation of cervix uteri (1870)
Enunciated rules for hand extraction of fetus
Enunciated precise rules for oxytocic administration
Pointed out the differencial pelvis of Mexican people
With José Ignacio Capetillo modified the Ortega procedure of embryotomy