8 October 1828
Dr James Barry, Cape physician who performed the first successful Caesarean, leaves the Cape
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- 2 May 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Dr James Barry, Cape physician who performed the first successful Caesarean, leaves the Cape. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010920
South African History Online (2011) 'Dr James Barry, Cape physician who performed the first successful Caesarean, leaves the Cape', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010920 (Accessed: 21 October 2026).
South African History Online, Dr James Barry, Cape physician who performed the first successful Caesarean, leaves the Cape [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010920, (accessed 21 October 2026).
"Dr James Barry, Cape physician who performed the first successful Caesarean, leaves the Cape." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010920. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Dr James Barry, Cape physician who performed the first successful Caesarean, leaves the Cape." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010920.
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