Craniotomy and similar operations

Direct destruction of the child never allowed; the dead child; ectopic gestation.

The works themselves ask 9 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

See also Medical Men — in Duties of Certain Laymen

Also asked about as…

embryotomy · killing the child to save the mother · laparotomy · life of the mother (ed.)

In the index as Craniotomy · Embryotomy · Abortion · Fetus · Killing of self · Laparotomy · Suicide · Vivisection · *Hyperemesis gravidarum* · A Caesarean section · Acceleration of birth · Animated or inanimate fetus · Birth · Caesarian section · Cephalotripsis · Cesarean section · Cesarian section · Cranioclasy · Delivery · Duelling · Ectopic fetus · End · Euthanasia · Exenteration

In the manuals

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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J.

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. V, Chapter IV. Killing the Innocent, n. 7 — Craniotomy, or any other similar operation which has for its immediate and direct effect the destruction of the life of the foetus, is a direct killing of the innocent, and is never allowed. If the child is already dead,… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 3 passages

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. V, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, Etc, nn. 737, 738 & 739 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 5 passages

Vol. I, On the Fifth Precept of th…, V. On the Procurement of Abortion, nn. 742 & 745 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Appendix, On the Response of the Holy Office Concerning Craniotomy, nn. ¶1, ¶2 & ¶3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 18 passages

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, Appendix, First Commentary: On the Response of the Holy Office concerning Craniotomy. Cf. n. 402, nn. 1–18 (18 passages)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S. — 2 passages

Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Marriage (Volume I), Supplement to the Treatise on Marriage, nn. 72 & 73 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Antony Koch; adapted and edited by Arthur Preuss — 12 passages

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. IV, Section 8: Duties with Regard to the Bodily Life of Others, nn. ¶20, ¶21, ¶22, ¶23, ¶24, ¶25, ¶26, ¶27, ¶28, ¶29, ¶30 & ¶31 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Principles and Medical Practice: The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence

Charles Coppens, S.J. — 35 passages

Coppens, Medical Practice, Lecture II. Craniotomy, nn. ¶1–¶35 (35 passages)

Pastoral Questions

Benedict H. Merkelbach, O.P. — 84 passages

Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, II. Questions Concerning E…, I. Pastoral Questions Rega…, Question Four: Concerning Embryotomy, or Concerning Incisions Which Injure the Fetus, nn. ¶866–¶886 (21 passages)

Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, IIbis. Questions Concernin…, I. On Operations During Pr…, Question Two: On Embryotomy, or on Incisions Which Injure the Fetus, nn. ¶1202–¶1264 (63 passages)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P. — 4 passages

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Ch. III, Art. III, § 2, 6. On Craniotomy, nn. 133, 134, 135 & 136 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 6 passages

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Section B: On Justice and …, Ch. I, Question Three: On the Killing of One's Neighbor, n. 363 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Killing the Innocent — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)