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Dr James Barry, physician at the Cape who performed the first caesarean in the Cape Colony, dies in London.
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- 01Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 2, p. 186
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, July 20). Dr James Barry, physician at the Cape who performed the first caesarean in the Cape Colony, dies in London.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088731
South African History Online (2012) 'Dr James Barry, physician at the Cape who performed the first caesarean in the Cape Colony, dies in London.', South African History Online, 20 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088731 (Accessed: 6 August 2026).
South African History Online, Dr James Barry, physician at the Cape who performed the first caesarean in the Cape Colony, dies in London. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088731, (accessed 6 August 2026).
"Dr James Barry, physician at the Cape who performed the first caesarean in the Cape Colony, dies in London.." South African History Online, 20 July 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088731. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Dr James Barry, physician at the Cape who performed the first caesarean in the Cape Colony, dies in London.." South African History Online. July 20, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088731.
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Cape St Francis, Western Cape Peninsula
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