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| Keywords: Indiana Caesarean section marker.png A historical marker describes the first successful Caesarean section in the state of Indiana The marker is located in Tippecanoe County Indiana Tippecanoe County along U S Route 52 south of Lafayette Indiana Lafayette The marker reads <blockquote> <p>Site of first successful Caesarean section in Indiana</p> <p>On the kitchen table of this house the morning of November 6 1880 Mrs Luther Lucas a farmer's wife was delivered of a healthy infant son after a mid-line incision made by Dr Moses Baker a pioneer physician-surgeon of Stockwell Observed by six attending doctors who refused responsibility for its success or failure it became the first in Indiana medical history in which both mother and child lived </p> <p><small>Donated by Tippecanoe County Medical Society<br /> Erected by Tippecanoe County Historical Association</small></p> </blockquote> Own 2007-07-07 Huw Williams Huwmanbeing Files by User Huwmanbeing Caesarean section Historical markers in Indiana Cornfields in Indiana Tippecanoe County Indiana 6 November 1880 | ||||
