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Dr. Jesse Bennett (1784-1842)
Photographer: Courtesy West Virginia Division of Culture and History
Caption: Dr. Jesse Bennett (1784-1842)
Additional Description: One of the first physicians in present-day Mason County, Bennett performed the first-known Caesarean operation in North America while living in present-day Virginia in 1794. [WV State Archives Portrait File]
Submitted: October 21, 2018, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
Database Locator Identification Number: p450563
File Size: 0.058 Megabytes

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