An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

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ROONHUYZE, Hendrick van

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Heel-konstige aanmerkkingen betreffende de gebreeken der vrouwen.

Amsterdam: weduwe van T. Jacobsz, 1663.

Roonhuyze’s book is regarded as the first work on operative gynecology in the modern sense. He successfully performed caesarean section several times, and he used retractors for the repair of vesicovaginal fistulae. English translation, London, 1676.



Subjects: OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY › GYNECOLOGY, OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY › GYNECOLOGY › Vesicovaginal Fistula, OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY › OBSTETRICS › Caesarian Section