title: [The 1610 Wittenberg cesarean section].
abstract: Explanation of the references and reports of eyewitnesses about the caesarean section performed in Wittenberg of April 21st, 1610. Probably this operation will have been not the first one, but certainly the first medically well documented one on an alive woman.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000266:history*; D011247:Pregnancy
vernacular_title: Der Wittenberger Kaiserschnitt von 1610.