ABSTRACT
Cases of Caesarean section by the patient herself are most curious, but may be readily believed if there is any truth in the reports from savage tribes. In 1884 there was an account of a successful case performed, with preservation of the lives of both mother and child, by a native African in Kahura, Uganda. The young girl operated in the crudest manner, the haemorrhage being check by a hot iron. The sutures were made by means of seven thin, hot iron spikes, resembling acupressure-needles, closing the peritoneum and skin. The wound healed in eleven days and the mother made a complete recovery.
