bretoneaux

Updated: January 26, 2026

In Belgium the Cesarean section has been performed seven times on the same woman, and in Philadelphia three times. Doctor Bretoneaux, of Tours, has performed it six times on the same woman; and this woman his wife. 'The brutal epoch of craniotomy has certainly passed.

Charles Coppens - Moral Principles and Medical Practice: The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence