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 peril of childbed fever menaces your life!
From Time Magazine Archive
His circulars were a pathetic attempt to make the world understand the source of childbed fever before madness destroyed him.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bacteriologists for years suspected streptococci, the great family of germs responsible for scarlet fever, septic sore throat, erysipelas, 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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