Africa's Untold Stories

Traditional C-Section in Uganda: A Lesson on Ancient African Medicine


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Journey with us to 19th century Uganda, in the small kingdom of Bunyoro, where a a British medical missionary recorded one of the earliest known C-section operations, complete with indigenous solutions for anesthesia and antiseptics at a time when most of the world had little or no regard for either! We also highlights a few more medical achievements from the continent worth mentioning.
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