1st Edition
Childbed Fever A Scientific Biography of Ignaz Semmelweis
142 Pages
by
Routledge
142 Pages
by
Routledge
142 Pages
by
Routledge
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The life and work of Ignaz Semmelweis is among the most engaging and moving stories in the history of science. Childbed Fever makes the Semmelweis story available to a general audience, while placing his life, and his discovery, in the context of his times. In 1846 Vienna, as what would now be called a head resident of obstetrics, Semmelweis confronted the terrible reality of childbed fever, which... Read more
1: Vienna's General Hospital; 2: Childbed Fever; 3: Semmelweis's Discovery; 4: Resorption Fever; 5: Mayrhofer's Discovery; 6: Puerperal Infection; Postscript
Biography
K. Codell Carter, Barbara R. Carter
