EXTRAORDINARY SURGICAL OPERATION. - On the 22nd of last month, a single woman, named Frances Manley, aged 39 years, was admitted into Lambeth poorhouse, in an advanced state of pregnancy, for the purpose of being passed in the usual way to her parish, Sevenoaks, in Kent. Upon being visited by Mr. Bryant, the parish surgeon, he found it would be a matter of impossibility, from the malformation of the patient, that her accouchement could take place in the ordinary course of nature. A consultation of five surgeons was held, and it was ultimately decided that she should undergo the Cesarean section.
The operation was most skilfully performed, by Mr. Bryant, his assistant (Mr. Osborne), and three other surgeons, in three minutes, on Wednesday last. The unfortunate woman went through the dreadful trial with wonderful fortitude, but expired in three hours. The child is a remarkably fine boy. It is alive and doing well. This is the fourth operation of the kind performed in England.
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