childbed fever
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of childbed fever
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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Faced with a doctor-led maternity ward in which maternal deaths from the dreaded childbed fever were significantly higher than in the midwife-run clinic there, he racked his brain for clues as to why.
From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2020
Bacteriologists for years suspected streptococci, the great family of germs responsible for scarlet fever, septic sore throat, erysipelas, childbed fever.
From Time Magazine Archive
As director of obstetrics in the miserable, tenth-rate Pesth General Hospital, Semmelweis, working day & night to oversee his prophylaxis, finally managed to cut childbed fever mortality to zero.
From Time Magazine Archive
Toxins may be generated, among other ailments, by childbed fever or diabetes.
From Time Magazine Archive
It has been declared by excellent authority, that the mortality of first labors, and of childbed fever following first labors is about twice the mortality attending all subsequent labors collectively.
From The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother by Napheys, George H. (George Henry)
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