The Babylonian Talmud, an ancient Jewish religious text, mentions a procedure similar to the caesarean section. The procedure is termed . It also discusses at length the permissibility of performing a C-section on a dying or dead mother. There is also some basis for supposing that Jewish women regularly survived the operation in Roman times (as early as the 2nd century AD).
The Babylonian Talmud, an ancient Jewish religious text, mentions a proc.edure similar to the caesarean section The procedure is termed . It also discusses at length the permissibility of performing a C-section on a dying or dead mother. There is also some basis for supposing that Jewish women regularly survived the operation in Roman times (as early as the 2nd century AD).