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where did the name cesarean section come from
The most common explanation for the name cesarean section is that Roman leader Caesar was born when they cut his dead mother open, since caesar means dissection in Latin.
why is it unlikely that julius caesar was born through a c section
The story the roman emperor's birth seems unlikely because Caesar’s mother, Aurelia, survived her son’s birth and even served as a political adviser of sorts when he was an adult.
was there an ancestor with the same name as roman emperor caesar
Pliny the Elder’s Historia Naturalis, mentions Caesar, an ancestor of the emperor Julius Caesar, who was so named from his having been cut from his mother’s womb.
when was the first c section performed
On Jan. 14, 1794, Elizabeth Bennett delivered a daughter by cesarean section, becoming the first woman in the United States to give birth this way and survive.

Question: who performed the surgery
Self-contained rewrite: who performed elizabeth bennett's c section