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Perinatal lessons from the past
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894) and his essay on puerperal fever
  1. P M Dunn
  1. Correspondence to:
    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.

  • history
  • puerperal fever

https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2005.077578

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