When and where the first caeserian section performed and why Caeserian?

Question

It has been said that Julius Caeser was delivered via Caeserian section which is a complete myth.

Answer 1

Cesarean section has been part of human culture since ancient times. However, early history of cesarean section remains shrouded in myth and is of dubious accuracy.

Even the origin of "cesarean" has apparently been distorted over time. It is commonly believed to be derived from the surgical birth of Julius Caesar, however this seems unlikely since his mother Aurelia is reputed to have lived to hear of her son's invasion of Britain, so you have a point saying it is a complete myth.

At that time the procedure was performed only when the mother was dead or dying, as an attempt to save the child for a state wishing to increase its population. Roman law under Caesar decreed that all women who were so fated by childbirth must be cut open; hence, the term "cesarean" was derived to name the procedure.Other possible Latin origins include the verb "caedare," meaning to cut, and the term "caesones" that was applied to infants born by postmortem operations.

As the procedure was believed to have been done on the ancient time, we cannot tell accurately the exact time of when it was first done as they are more heard on myths and no any record to prove. Ultimately, we cannot be sure of where or when the term cesarean was derived. Until the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the procedure was known as cesarean operation.

Answer 2

Originally a cesarean was performed on a dead or dying mother . It is very ancient. It is thought to be called cesaerean, not because Caesar was born that way, but because he made it Roman law that the baby should be removed from the mother if she was in that state.

So the reason why is that it was possible to save the baby if not the mother. You can imagine, in the case of an heir being born, that they might not have been too fussy as to whether the mother was indeed doomed to die as the heir would have been considered more important.

Answer 3

I believe that it was the Emperor Caligula Caesar who after impregnating his sister had a vision that the expected baby was a horse!
He then took a knife to his sister and cut the baby from her womb. The baby did not survive but a medical procedure was born.
There were several Caesar's, the most famed of these was Julius Caesar, but he had absolutely nothing to do with it.

Answer 4

I find the "Julius Caesar" myth a little hard to believe. I wonder...

Answer 5

I don't know but they were a cut above the rest.

Answer 6

How about Macduff, in MacBeth?

Answer 7

here's some info

Answer 8

go here:
www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/cesarean/cesarean_2.html