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A hundred years ago next to no one was born via Caesarean Section. Today, one in five new arrivals on planet earth come via a Caesarean. Its meteoric rise is down to an invention most people won’t know. The Foetal Heart Monitor.
This is a story about how the law of unintended consequences led to Caesarean Section becoming the world’s most common major surgery.
Our guest today is Jackie Wolf, is a historian of medicine and author of Caesarean Section: An American History of Risk, Technology, and Consequence. She’s also a repeat guest on Patented. Go back and check out her episode on Baby Formula if you haven’t heard it.
WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of childbirth and the death of a baby during childbirth.
Produced by Freddy Chick, Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.
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A hundred years ago next to no one was born via Caesarean Section. Today, one in five new arrivals on planet earth come via a Caesarean. Its meteoric rise is down to an invention most people won’t know. The Foetal Heart Monitor.
This is a story about how the law of unintended consequences led to Caesarean Section becoming the world’s most common major surgery.
Our guest today is Jackie Wolf, is a historian of medicine and author of Caesarean Section: An American History of Risk, Technology, and Consequence. She’s also a repeat guest on Patented. Go back and check out her episode on Baby Formula if you haven’t heard it.
WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of childbirth and the death of a baby during childbirth.
Produced by Freddy Chick, Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.
For more History Hit content, subscribe to our newsletters here.

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