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The Tragedy of Childbed Fever
The Tragedy of Childbed Fever
Author: Irvine Loudon
Childbed fever was by the far the most common cause of deaths associated with childbirth throughout Europe up to the Second World War. Otherwise known as puerperal fever, it was an infection which followed childbirth and resulted in miserable and agonizing deaths for thousands of women every year. This book provides the first detailed account of...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780198204992
ISBN-10: 019820499X
Publication Date: 2/11/2000
Pages: 236
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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