World's 1st cesarean birth
Cape Town has been the venue for numerous medical firsts, the most notable being the 1st heart transplant by Dr Chris Barnard. Dr James Barry who arrived in Cape Town 1816 did another notable, but far less known achievement. This good lady doctor who, despite the name, was the 1st female doctor to receive her degree, at the age of 17, at the Edinburgh University.
Dr Barry performed the 1st ever-recorded cesarean birth in 1826 in Cape Town.
Dr Barry died aged 71 1865 while occupying the post of Inspector general of the British Army.
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