TY - BOOK ID - 80833273 TI - The history of cesarean section PY - 2013 SN - 9781628089974 1628089970 9781628089912 1628089911 PB - Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, DB - UniCat KW - Cesarean section. KW - Delivery (Obstetrics) KW - Childbirth KW - Labor (Obstetrics) KW - Obstetrics KW - Abdominal delivery KW - C section KW - Caesarean delivery KW - Caesarean section KW - Delivery, Abdominal KW - Delivery, Caesarean KW - Surgery UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80833273 AB - The fascinating issue of operative opening of the uterus and delivering the fetus known today as cesarean section has intrigued humankind for ages. This book is the most comprehensive text on the fascinating history of cesarean section. It includes the origin of the eponym and describes many myths from ancient Greek, Roman, Persian and medieval cultures. The first documents regarding cesarean delivery arise in ancient legal texts: a cuneiform tablet dealing with the adoption of a small boy during the 23rd year of the renowned King Hammurabi of Babylon (1795-1750 BC), ""Lex Regia"" proclaimed b ER -