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| Author: | Savitt, Todd L. |
| Year: | 1990 |
| Title: | Fevers, Agues, and Cures: Medical Life in Old Virginia |
| Publisher: | Virginia Historical Society |
| City: | Richmond |
| Number of Pages: | 80p. : illus. |
| Keywords: | 1. Cesarean section. 2. Bennett, Jessee, 1769-1842. 3. Medicine - History. |
| Abstract: | The author briefly notes Jessee Bennett and his 1794 cesarean section operation on his wife. He states this operation has never been proven. |
| Location: | BC EMU-HL JMU |