The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever..., Oliver Wendell Holmes
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The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever

Narrator: Adriel Brandt

Unabridged: 1 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/18/2019


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.

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