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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

MERCURIO, Geronimo Scipione (1550 – 1616)

1550 – 1616

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1596

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La commare o riccoglitrice.

MERCURIO, Geronimo Scipione (1550 – 1616)

First Italian book on obstetrics. It is a work of importance for the study of the history of Caesarean section; in it Mercurio advocated the Caesarean operation in cases of contracted pelvis.