Near Dayton in Tippecanoe County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Site Of First Successful Caesarean In Indiana

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 15, 2024

1. Site Of First Successful Caesarean In Indiana Marker

Inscription. Site of First Successful Caesarean Section In Indiana- 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 the success or failure, it became the first in Indiana medical history in which both mother and child lived. Dontated by Tippecanoe County Medical Society

Erected by Erected by Tippecanoe County Historical Association.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine. A significant historical date for this entry is November 6, 1880.

Location. 40° 19.385′ N, 86° 46.495′ W. Marker is near Dayton, Indiana, in Tippecanoe County. It is on U.S. 52 0.4 miles north of East 700 South, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Dayton IN 47941, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western

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Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Margaret Fry (approx. 3½ miles away); George Souders and Roscoe Sarles (approx. 7½ miles away); "World Split Asunder" (approx. 7.8 miles away); Tippecanoe County War Memorial (approx. 8.1 miles away); a different marker also named Tippecanoe County War Memorial (approx. 8.1 miles away); The Purple Heart Memorial (approx. 8.1 miles away); Iraq War Memorial (approx. 8.1 miles away); Highland Park (approx. 8.3 miles away).

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, May 15, 2016

2. Site Of First Successful Caesarean In Indiana Marker

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, May 15, 2016

3. Site Of First Successful Caesarean In Indiana Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 18, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 11, 2021, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 798 times since then and 86 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on July 12, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2, 3. submitted on April 11, 2021, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.