August 28, 2005

Medieval caesarian

The medieval remains of a mother and daughter found in North Yorkshire shows signs of an attempted Caesarean operation, scientists have revealed.

The 900-year-old grave at Wharram Percy held the remains of a woman aged between 25 and 30 with a baby.

A study of the remains by English Heritage showed the woman died during her pregnancy and the foetus was cut free from the womb in a bid to save it.

From the BBC.

Posted by David on August 28, 2005 8:40 PM

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Not surprising--they would have wanted to baptise the baby, at the very least. If you were going to design the apex of creation, would you give it a birth canal so narrow the baby's head is deformed in the process, the bones pulled apart, the tissues of the mother torn and bleeding? Such questions have always bothered me. And the human male anatomy? Let's not go there.

Posted by: Rhubarb on August 28, 2005 8:54 PM
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