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SUMMARY:Caesarean Section and the Moral Discourse of Obstetric Surgery: 18
 30-1870 - Sally Frampton (TORCH\, University of Oxford)\, Dr Imogen Goold 
 (University of Oxford)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250520T171500
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250520T183000
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DESCRIPTION:In the mid-nineteenth century surgery was a rapidly evolving f
 ield. Those who practised it successfully found growing prestige and autho
 rity in both the medical world and among the wider public. ‘Diseases of 
 women’ were a central component to the profession’s changing identity.
  Theories and practices of surgery and obstetrics blended to form a suite 
 of increasingly invasive procedures to treat conditions of the female repr
 oductive system. In the middle decades of the century the justifiability o
 f performing the caesarean operation began to be widely discussed. Some do
 ctors turned to the procedure in desperate cases of obstructed labour as a
 n alternative to the craniotomy procedure. This talk seeks to illuminate t
 he ethical dialogue which emerged around its practice at this time. Its di
 scussion was underpinned by changes in print culture and attendant notions
  of accountability\, assertions about the national identity of medical pra
 ctice\, theological discourse\, perceptions of the ‘deformed’ pregnant
  body and its risks\, and the fraught meaning of ‘necessity’ in guidin
 g whether to operate. Ultimately what emerged was a debate fuelled by cult
 ural anxieties around the relative value of maternal and foetal life\, fem
 ale autonomy in reproductive choice and the extent of doctors’ authority
  to choose when to operate.\n\n\nSpeakers:\nSally Frampton (TORCH\, Univer
 sity of Oxford)\, Dr Imogen Goold (University of Oxford)
LOCATION:St Cross College (Lecture Theatre)\, St Giles OX1 3LZ
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URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/fe9ee68e-6102-4885-adc4-0e9674f1efa3/
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