Childbed Fever: A Scientific Biography of Ignaz Semmelweis

by Barbara Carter, K. Codell Carter, Barbara R. Carter, et al.

Book Overview

In the nineteenth century, tens of thousands of women died each year from childbed fever. The Carters describe birthing conditions and medical practices in Vienna during the time when young Semmelweis... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412804671
• ISBN13: 9781412804677
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.8"