Childbed Fever: A Scientific Biography of (Paperback) by K.Codell Carter, Barbara R. Carter - 2005

Routledge, 2005-02-28. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Greenwood Press, 1994. Hardcover. New. 144 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches.

Praeger, 1994-05-30. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Routledge, 2017. Hardcover. New. 142 pages. 9.02x5.98x0.34 inches.

Transaction Publishers. New. 2005. Paperback. 1412804671 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY - AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY, WHY WAIT? -- 143 pages; clean and crisp, tight and bright pages, with no writing or markings to the text. -- DESCRIPTION: In the nineteenth century, tens of thousands of women died each year from childbed fever. The Carters describe birthing conditions and medical practices in Vienna during the time when young Semmelweis began to work in a maternity clinic there. He discovered that childbed fever arose because medical personnel did not wash adequately after dissecting corpses before doing vaginal examinations of women in labor. After he required students to disinfect themselves, the mortality rate immediately dropped. However, Semmelweis's views were not accepted by the senior physicians who believed the disease was due to a variety of causes. After strident… Read More