title: [History of the cesarean section "post-mortem"].
abstract: During the 18e century the catholic church insisted on christening babies suffering in the womb of their mother. Midwives and doctors were obliged to baptize the children, or inside the uterus, or after cesarian section done after death of the mother. We found 28 cesarian sections done in dead women in Luxembourg by surgeons or by midwives.
authors: Universität Luxembourg, 5, rue Charles Arendt, L-1134 Luxemburg.
authors: Henri
authors: H
authors: Kugener
mesh_terms: D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000266:history*; D003933:Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D008189:Luxembourg; D008880:Midwifery / Q000266:history; D011247:Pregnancy