doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.185363.
Epub 2010 Apr 15.
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) and Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (1818-1865): preventing the transmission of puerperal fever
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Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) and Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (1818-1865): preventing the transmission of puerperal fever
Am J Public Health.
2010 Jun.
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In the late nineteenth century, Oliver Wendell Holmes was so popular that his image and lines from his poetry and prose appeared on items such as this calendar, as well as games, postcards, and gift books. Courtesy of Marilyn Barth and the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Semmelwei s Defender of Motherhood. Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
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