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
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
With that cautious preamble, Homeopaths Garth Wilkinsor Boericke & William Wallace Young of Philadelphia last week announced a novel method of treating pneumonia, rheumatic fever, influenza and childbed fever with injections of emulsified fat.
From Time Magazine Archive
The doctor had cut his finger while dissecting a corpse; a post mortem convinced Semmelweis that his friend had died of childbed fever.
From Time Magazine Archive
Black snake root was a good cure for childbed fever, and it saved the life of my second wife after her last child was born.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration
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