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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

BARLOW, James (1767 – 1839)

1767 – 1839

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1798

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A case of the caesarean operation performed, and the life of the woman preserved. IN: Medical records and researches selected from the papers of a private medical association, pp. 154-163.

BARLOW, James (1767 – 1839)

This is apparently the first Caesarean section in England from which the mother recovered. It was performed on 27 November 1793. Barlow’s account is reproduced by Young (No. 6307), pp. 54-58. A note on Barlow is in Pr…