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PUERPERAL See also:

FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

FEVER (See also:
LAT
Lat. puerpera, from Auer, See also:
CHILD
CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
CHILD, L
CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)
child, and parcre, to bring forth) , the name given to the varieties of See also:

general infection, See also:

long regarded as a specific disease (" child-See also:

bed fever," " lying-in fever "), to which See also:

WOMEN

women are subject after parturition, owing to the genital See also:

TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract being peculiarly exposed, in septic surroundings, to the invasion of pathogenic bacteria (see See also:

SEPSIS (Gr. Qi7,/iss, putrefaction), or SEPTIC INFECTION

SEPSIS). Owing largely to the labours of I. P. See also:

SEMMELWEISS, IGNATZ PHILIPP (1818-1865)

Semmelweiss (q.v.) the See also:

GRAVE

grave mortality formerly attending this See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition has been enormously reduced; and the See also:

NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity of rigid cleanliness in the treatment of lying-in cases is fully recognized. When unhappily this is not the See also:

case, and infection takes See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, its complications must be treated according to the circumstances, antiseptic douching being employed, or preferably curetting the endometrium with a See also:

sharp curette and swabbing with disinfectant See also:

SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution. In definitely septicaemia cases antistreptococcic serum may be useful.

End of Article: PUERPERAL FEVER (Lat. puerpera, from Auer, child, and parcre, to bring forth)

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