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

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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

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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.