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  • The practical point to be illustrated is the following: The disease known as Puerperal Fever is so far contagious as to be frequently carried from patient to patient by physicians and nurses.

    The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever 1909

  • "The disease known as Puerperal Fever is so far contagious as to be frequently carried from patient to patient by physicians and nurses."

    Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • "The disease known as Puerperal Fever is so far contagious as to be frequently carried from patient to patient by physicians and nurses."

    Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • The disease known as Puerperal Fever is so far contagious as to be frequently carried from patient to patient by physicians and nurses.

    Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • The disease known as Puerperal Fever is so far contagious as to be frequently carried from patient to patient by physicians and nurses.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • Puerperal, my lord, puerperal,” said Lady Penelope, in a tone of correction.

    Saint Ronan's Well 2008

  • Puerperal Fever/Sepsis - Sepsis of the womb or birth canal

    No, Consumption is not actually alcohol-poisoning... Heather Carroll 2008

  • Puerperal psychosis, job losses, sexually abused four-year-olds, friends with fatal illnesses with known time-left allowances, flood-induced homelessness, life-induced homelessness, and a beesting.

    Sting ailbhe 2007

  • Hilary Marland, "Maternity and Madness: Puerperal Insanity in the Nineteenth Century" PDF: diagnosis, treatment, etc.

    Linking about: the Victorians and Mental Illness 2007

  • Hilary Marland, "Maternity and Madness: Puerperal Insanity in the Nineteenth Century" PDF: diagnosis, treatment, etc.

    The Little Professor: 2007

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