PERINATAL LESSONS FROM THE PAST
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894) and his essay on puerperal fever
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Professor Dunn
Department of Child Health, University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Southmead, Bristol BS10 5BN, UK; P.M.Dunn{at}bristol.ac.uk
Doctor, teacher of anatomy, conversationalist, essayist, and poet, in 1843 Holmes combined his medical and literary skills in a masterly dissertation on the epidemiology and prevention of puerperal fever.
Keywords: history; puerperal fever
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