Word: caesarism
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...Caesar's mother lived for several years after he was born. The operation obtained its name from the fact that the Roman law required this procedure in case of the mother's death; the laws under the emperors became Caesarean laws, and the operation the Caesarean operation." JOHN M. SIEGEL...
...SAWDUST CAESAR-George Seldes-Harper...
...ANOTHER CAESAR-Alfred Neumann- Knopf...
...means of abdominal incision when normal delivery is dangerous or impossible, is one of the most famed and spectacular of major operations. The classic Caesarean involves an incision from the umbilicus to the pubis, through the abdominal wall, peritoneum and uterine wall. The Caesarean section is named for Julius Caesar, who by legend was thus delivered from his mother. First actually recorded Caesarean on a living woman was performed about 1500 by a Swiss pig-gelder on his wife...
...SAWDUST CAESAR-George Seldes- Harper ($3). Well-documented record of the rise and rule of Mussolini, by a one-time European correspondent and author of Freedom of the Press...