Author : Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780260242143
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (421 download)
Book Synopsis Puerperal Fever, As a Private Pestilence (Classic Reprint) by : Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Download or read book Puerperal Fever, As a Private Pestilence (Classic Reprint) written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Puerperal Fever, as a Private Pestilence I'r happened, some years ago, that a discussion arose in a Medical Society, of which I was a member, involving the subject of a certain supposed cause of disease, about which something was known, a good deal suspected, and not a little feared. The discussion was suggested by a case, reported at the preceding meeting, of a physician who made an examina tion of the body of a patient who had died with puerperal fever, and who himself died in less than a week, apparently in consequence of a wound received at the examination, having attended several women in confinement in the mean time, all of whom, as alleged, were attacked with puerperal fever. Whatever apprehensions and beliefs were entertained, it was plain that a fuller knowledge of the facts relating to the subject would be acceptable to all present. I therefore felt that it would be doing a good service to look into the best records I could find, and inquire of the most trustworthy practitioners I knew, to learn what experience had to teach in the matter, and arrived at the results contained in the following pages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
