title: [Repeat cesarean delivery by the Zurich city wound physician Johann Jakob Locher 1817/18].
abstract: Caesarean delivery was rarely practised in the early nineteenth century and was considered highly dangerous, being both technically and morally controversial. In view of this, Johann Jakob Locher's performance of two consecutive caesareans attracted international attention. Not only contemporary printed literature, but also the archive material and specimens presented in this journal for the first time provide a uniquely detailed account of the operations. The University of Zurich's Institute and Museum of the History of Medicine were able to acquire the preserved pelvis of the patient in 1983.
authors.affiliation: Medizinhistorisches Institut und Museum, Universität Zürich.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mörgeli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schulz
mesh_terms: D017604:Cesarean Section, Repeat / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000266:history*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012279:Rickets / Q000266:history*; D013557:Switzerland
vernacular_title: Die zweimalige Kaiserschnitt-Entbindung durch den Zürcher Stadtwundarzt Johann Jakob Locher von 1817/18.