Anthropology 275       Reading Report 17
Disease in Prehistory       Due 11/16-2007

Sewell Jane Elliot. 1993. Cesarean Section - A brief history.

1. Summarize the early history of cesarean section. What historic documents mention this procedure? Under what circumstances was it performed?
2. How did obstetric practices changed in Europe between the AD 1600-1800? How, do you think, this change affected maternal survival?
3. Summarize surgical techniques used to perform cesarean section in 19th century Africa.
4. Do you agree with Elliot's contention that mothers were unlikely to survive cesarean section until the development of modern medicine in late 19th and early 20th century?