Bleeding and purging: A cure for puerperal fever!

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-86

  Stewart, D B ^a,b   Williams, J G ^a  

^a BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FRCOG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibody production; Bloodletting; Puerperal sepsis; Purgation; Streptococcal infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PHLEBOTOMY;

EID: 0029950413     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(96)90132-2     Document Type: Note

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