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
It was his final demonstration of a great discovery: six days later Ignaz Semmelweis died of childbed fever.
From Time Magazine Archive
One out of every three women who entered the First Division ward died of childbed fever; most victims' babies died too.
From Time Magazine Archive
The humblest rickshaw coolie knows where to go to have his mucus-draining eyes treated, or who will help when his wife has childbed fever.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a large class of cases, however, the connection between childbed fever and sepsis has been deduced rather from analogy than direct proof.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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