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The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
Narrator: Adriel Brandt
Unabridged: 1 hr 9 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Author's Republic
Published: 07/18/2019
Category: Medical - History
Synopsis
Do you know anyone who has died of puerperal fever? Probably not, thanks to this groundbreaking essay published by Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1843. With great passion and intelligence, Holmes sets forth his revolutionary argument on the prevention of an illness which had claimed the lives of new mothers in epidemic proportions. Though his findings were not accepted until years later, Holmes’ seminal work can serve as a model for the presentation of life-changing medical research.