Illustration of birth by caesarian section from Scipione Mercurio 'La Commare o Raccoglitrice ...' Verona, 1642. Mercurio recommended caesarian section in cases of contracted pelvis. This important Italian work on obstetrics was first published in 1596.
Illustration of birth by caesarian section from Scipione Mercurio 'La Commare o Raccoglitrice ...' Verona, 1642. Mercurio recommended caesarian section in cases of contracted pelvis. This important Italian work on obstetrics was first published in 1596.