"Ines Ramírez Pérez is a peasant woman living in rural Mexico. She had no medical training, but nevertheless performed a successful Caesarean section on herself: both she and her baby survived"<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%C3%A9s_Ram%C3%ADrez" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%C3%A9s_Ram%C3%ADrez</a>