[NOTE: This material is taken from the brochure issued to accompany an exhibit at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, MD. That brochure was inadvertently issued with the cover illustration (Scultetus) printed in negative, an error which has been remedied here. Additional images taken from a videodisk program which was also part of the original exhibit appear at the end in a Supplement].

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CESAREAN SECTION -- A BRIEF HISTORY

Plate XLII from Scultetus' Armamentaerium chirugicum bipartum, 1666

A Brochure to Accompany an Exhibition on the History of Cesarean Section at the National Library of Medicine April 30 - August 31, 1993

By Jane Eliot Sewell, Ph.D. for The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in cooperation with the National Library of Medicine

Address reprint requests to the History Librarian,

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists,

409 12th St., SW, Washington, DC 20024

Thanks to the Prints and Photographs Collection of the National Library of Medicine's History of Medicine Division for supplying most of the pictures for this brochure and the exhibit.

PREFACE

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

We extend our thanks to the staff of the History of Medicine Division -- National Library of Medicine (NLM), in particular Elizabeth Tunis, Jan Lazarus of the Division's Prints and Photographs Collection, and Acting Chief Philip M. Teigen for their cooperation in preparing and in sharing this exhibit with the medical public. The exhibit contributes but one more example of the many contributions of NLM to medical learning, and to the preservation of our historical heritage.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is an organization of over 33,000 physicians dedicated to improving the health care of all women, especially through programs of physicians and patient education, setting guidelines for practice, and evaluating medical practice. We value our partnership with NLM.

Please enjoy the exhibit.

Warren H. Pearse, MD, FACOG, FRCOG

Executive Director

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