Many people think that Julius Caesar received his name from being born by Caesarian section, but this is not the case. The first Roman Caesarian section was used to remove the dead child from the mother's womb, and since Caesar was very much alive and not dead, he was bor by natural childbirth and not a Caesarian section. Later in history this changed though. Raymond Nonnatus (from the Latin word non natus "not born")was born by Caesarian section but his mother died. Robert the II of Scotland was also born of Caesarian section. The first case in which the child and mother lived in the Caesarian section didn't happen until the 1500's.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarian_section#Etymology
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