Cesarean Section Is Named After Julius Caesar

Although it may not be as common as some of the other misconceptions on this list, historians nevertheless have to frequently dispel the notion that the cesarean section was named after Julius Caesar's surgical birth. Its likely antecedents are quite evident because "Caesar" sounds too similar to "Cesarean" to be unrelated to it.

Although the procedure's precise beginnings are uncertain because there are so few documents from that era, it has nothing to do with Julius Caesar and his birth. Although we know that Caesar's mother lived to see him born, at the time cesarean sections were only done on dead or dying mothers. . More likely, the word derives from the Latin verb caedere, which means to cut.