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Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition 2007;92:F325-F327; doi:10.1136/adc.2005.077578
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PERINATAL LESSONS FROM THE PAST

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894) and his essay on puerperal fever

P M Dunn

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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


ABSTRACT
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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