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Jakob Nufer

Jakob Nufer

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Jakob Nufer was a Swiss veterinarian who, around 1500, reportedly performed the first successful Caesarean section in history in which the mother (his wife) survived.[1]

His wife allegedly bore five more children, including twins, and the baby delivered by Caesarean section purportedly lived to the age of 77.[2]

However, the story was not recorded until 1582 and many historians question its accuracy.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Appropriations, United States Congress House Committee on (1970). Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Appropriations. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  2. [2]
    Henry, John (1991). "Doctors and Healers: Popular Culture and the Medical Profession". In Stephen Pumphrey; Paolo L. Rossi; Maurice Slawinski (eds.). Science, Culture, and Popular Belief in Renaissance Europe. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 197. ISBN 0-7190-2925-2.
  3. [3]
    Sewell, Jane Eliot (1993), Cesarean Section: A Brief History (PDF), National Library on Medicine], archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-11-05


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