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" A practitioner opened the body of a woman who had died of puerperal fever, and continued to wear the same clothes. A lady whom he delivered a few days afterwards was attacked with and died of a similar disease; two more of his lying-in patients, in rapid... "
Medical Essays, 1842-1882 - Page 135
by Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1883 - 445 pages
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An Account of Some of the Most Important Diseases Peculiar to Women

Robert Gooch - 1829 - 506 pages
...patients, in rapid succession, met with the same fate; struck by the thought that he might have carried the contagion in his clothes, he instantly changed them,...third nursed by her met with the same fate, till the neighbourhood, getting afraid of her, ceased to employ her. The disease has occurred in some wards...
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The Transylvania Journal of Medicine, and the Associate Sciences, Volume 5

1832 - 640 pages
...in rapid •accession, met with the same fate : struck by the thought that he might have carried the contagion in his clothes, he instantly changed them,...was employed as washerwoman and nurse, washed the iinen of one who had died of puerperal fever ; the next lying-in patient she nursed died of the same...
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Essays on the puerperal fever and other diseases peculiar to women

Fleetwood Churchill - 1849 - 586 pages
...in rapid succession, met with the same fate ; struck by the thought that he might have carried the contagion in his clothes, he instantly changed them and met with no more cases of the kind.3 Dr. Campbell has published a letter to Dr. Lee* since his work on Puerperal Fever, in which...
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The American Magazine: Devoted to Homoeopathy and Hydropathy ..., Volume 1

1851 - 398 pages
...in rapid succession, met with the same fate ; struck by the thought that he might have carried the contagion in his clothes, he instantly changed them,...the kind. A woman in the country, who was employed »s washerwoman and nurse, washed the linen of one who had died of puerperal fever ; the next lying-in...
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Midwifery and the diseases of women

Joel Shew - 1853 - 454 pages
...patients, in rapid succession, met with the same fate. Struck by the thought that he might have carried the contagion in his clothes, he instantly changed them,...of one who had died of puerperal fever; the next, lying-iu patient she nursed died of the same disease ; a third nursed by her met with the same fate,...
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Gooch on some of the most important diseases peculiar to women c. 2

Robert Gooch - 1859 - 302 pages
...in rapid succession, met with the same fate ; struck by the thought that he might have carried the contagion in his clothes, he instantly changed them,...third nursed by her met with the same fate, till the neighbourhood, getting afraid of her, ceased to employ her. The disease has occurred in some wards...
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Currents and Counter-currents in Medical Science: With Other Addresses and ...

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1861 - 450 pages
...carried contagion in his clothes, he instantly changed them, and met with no more cases of the kind.f A woman in the country, who was employed as washerwoman and nurse, washed the linen of one who had di€d of puerperal fever ; the next lying-in patient she nursed, died of the same disease ; a third...
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Handbook of Geographical and Historical Pathology, Volume 2

August Hirsch - 1885 - 704 pages
...patients, in rapid succession, met with the same fate. Struck by the thought that he might have carried the contagion in his clothes, he instantly changed them,...kind. A woman in the country, who was employed as a washerwoman and nurse, washed the linen of one who had died of puerperal fever ; the next lying-in...
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Handbook of geographical and historical pathology v. 2 1885, Volume 2

August Hirsch - 1885 - 704 pages
...patients, in rapid succession, met with the same fate. Struck by the thought that he might have carried the contagion in his clothes, he instantly changed them,...kind. A woman in the country, who was employed as a washerwoman and nurse, washed the linen of one who had died of puerperal fever ; the next lying-in...
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MEDICAL ESSAYS

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMS - 1891 - 470 pages
...medical friends in the neighborhood did not meet with any, ' or at least very few.' He could attribute this circumstance to no other cause than his having...neighborhood, getting afraid of her, ceased to employ her." c In the winter of the year 1824, " Several instances occurred of its prevalence among the patients...
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