A caesarian section is an operation to take a baby out of its mother’s body if the mother cannot have her baby naturally. The pregnant mother’s abdomen is cut open, and the baby is lifted out. The first person to ...Read more

There are different theories about the origin of the name, ‘caesarian section’. One theory is that the operation was named after Julius Caesar because he was taken from his mother’s abdomen after it was cut open. Another theory is that ...Read more

Bacteria are one-celled organisms that you can see only through a microscope. Bacteria are all around us, but the first person to actually see bacteria was Anton van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch draper who made microscopes as a hobby. In 1674, ...Read more

Harvey was an English physician who was the first to describe accurately how blood was pumped around the body by the heart. Most people of the day believed that food was converted into blood by the liver, and then, was ...Read more