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Especially remarkable considering the >80% mortality rate for mothers until the 20th century. "Unfortunately, surgical techniques of that day also contributed
by abtinf 11y ago
Especially remarkable considering the >80% mortality rate for mothers until the 20th century.
"Unfortunately, surgical techniques of that day also contributed to the appallingly high maternal mortality rates. According to one estimate not a single woman survived cesarean section in Paris between 1787 and 1876."
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/cesarean/part2.html https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/cesarean/part2.html
- kirsebaer 11y agoThe problem with c-sections was figuring out how to successfully sew up the uterus afterwards. In 1876 doctors started just removing the uterus after c-section. The woman who gave herself a c-section was able to get medical care soon afterwards. Otherwise she certainly would have died from the wound.