Tragedy of childbed fever, the
Auteur :
Loudon, Irvine
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198204992
Date de publication :
6 janv. 2000
Dimensions :
24,2 x 16,2 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
512 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Childbed fever was by the far the most common cause of deaths associated with childbirth up to World War II throughout Britain and Europe. Otherwise known as puerperal fever, it was an infection which followed childbirth and caused thousands of miserable and agonising deaths every year.