The Princess von Swartzenberg, who was burned to death at a ball
in Paris in 1810, was said to have had a living child removed
from her body the next day. Like all similar instances, this was
proved to be false, as her body was burned beyond the possibility
of recognition, and, besides, she was only four months pregnant.
Harris mentions another case of a young woman who threw herself
from the Pont Neuf into the Seine. Her body was recovered, and a
surgeon who was present seized a knife from a butcher standing by
and extracted a living child in the presence of the curious
spectators. Campbell discusses this subject most thoroughly,
though he advances no new opinions upon it.
Duer tabulates the successful results of a number of cases of
Cesarean section after death as follows:--
Children extracted
between 1 and 5 minutes after death of the mother, 21
" " 10 and 15 " " " " " " 13
" " 15 and 30 " " " " " " 2
" " 1 hour " " " " " " 2
" " 2 hours " " " " " " 2
Garezky of St. Petersburg collected reports of 379 cases of
Cesarean section after death with the following results: 308 were
extracted dead; 37 showed signs of life; 34 were born alive.
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