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Jakob Nufer was a Swiss veterinarian who, around 1500, reportedly performed the first successful Caesarean section in history in which the mother (his wife) survived.

His wife allegedly bore five more children, including twins, and the baby delivered by Caesarean section purportedly lived to the age of 77.

However, the story was not recorded until 1582 and many historians question its accuracy.

References

1. Appropriations, United States Congress House Committee on (1970). Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Appropriations. U.S. Government Printing Office.
2. Henry, John (1991). "Doctors and Healers: Popular Culture and the Medical Profession". In Stephen Pumphrey; Paolo L. Rossi; Maurice Slawinski (eds.). Science, Culture, and Popular Belief in Renaissance Europe. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 197. ISBN 0-7190-2925-2.
3. Sewell, Jane Eliot (1993), Cesarean Section: A Brief History (PDF), National Library on Medicine], archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-11-05

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