Julius Caesar and Cesarean Section

This is one funny misconception that should really die a natural death. Still, we can see how easy it was for people to draw a parallel between former Roman dictator Julius Caesar and the surgical procedure for delivery, the Cesarean section. But contrary to popular belief, Caesar was born through natural birth.

However, the procedure’s name came from the Roman law, Lex Caesarea, which mandated that if a mother died during childbirth, the infant had to be retrieved from her womb. And if nothing, this proves that the practice had existed long before the first successful cesarean was performed in Switzerland.