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Subject: Re: C-sections new?
Message-ID: <349@agrigene.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 14-Jul-86 10:11:57 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 14 10:11:57 1986
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> I think a fellow named Julius Caesar was born via C-section quite a bit
> longer than two centuries ago, and I don't think that the technique was
> invented just for him.

> The greatest advance in medical technology has actually been simple sanitary
> practices, i.e. separation of sewage from drinking water, not gadgetry.
> Sanitation requires no advanced technology whatsoever.

Advanced technolgy?  How about soap?  I don't know exactly when it was
invented, but they didn't have soap when J. Caesar was born.  It's very
useful for surgery.
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Barry Buchbinder					 (608)221-5000
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