Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Translator's introduction
- François Rousset and the first text on caesarean section: a commentary by Thomas F Baskett
- A New Treatise on Hysterotomotokie or Caesarien Childbirth
- Sonnet
- Dedication
- Preface to the reader
- Part 1 Definition of caesarean childbirth
- Part 2 Second proof: logic (reason)
- Part 3 Third justification: expert opinion
- Part 4 Examples documenting other worse dangers from similar operations that are not caesarean
- Part 5 Other more popular justifications
- Part 6 On the fertility that remains after caesarean section
- A short guide to surgeons on the technique of caesarean
- Approbation
- Copyright
- Appendix 1 Summary of 16th century French history
- Appendix 2 Renée de France (1510–1575), Duchess of Ferrara, Chartres, Montargis and Nemours
- Appendix 3 Jacques de Savoie-Nemours (1531–1585), Duc de Nemours and Genevois
- Index
Acknowledgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Translator's introduction
- François Rousset and the first text on caesarean section: a commentary by Thomas F Baskett
- A New Treatise on Hysterotomotokie or Caesarien Childbirth
- Sonnet
- Dedication
- Preface to the reader
- Part 1 Definition of caesarean childbirth
- Part 2 Second proof: logic (reason)
- Part 3 Third justification: expert opinion
- Part 4 Examples documenting other worse dangers from similar operations that are not caesarean
- Part 5 Other more popular justifications
- Part 6 On the fertility that remains after caesarean section
- A short guide to surgeons on the technique of caesarean
- Approbation
- Copyright
- Appendix 1 Summary of 16th century French history
- Appendix 2 Renée de France (1510–1575), Duchess of Ferrara, Chartres, Montargis and Nemours
- Appendix 3 Jacques de Savoie-Nemours (1531–1585), Duc de Nemours and Genevois
- Index
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- Caesarean BirthThe Work of François Rousset in Renaissance France - A New Treatise on Hysterotomotokie or Caesarian Childbirth, pp. viiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010