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A Letter from Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809-1894: In Memory of the Centennial of His Death

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1995

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References

1. Holmes, OW. The contagiousness of puerperal fever. New England Quarterly Journal of Medical Surgery 1843;1:503530.*Google Scholar
2. Holmes, OW. Puerperal Fever as a Private Pestilence. Boston, MA: Ticknor & Fields; 1855.*Google Scholar
3. von Hebra, F. Most important experiences about the etiology of puerperal fevers epidemic in birthing institutions. Zschr kk Arzte zu Wien 1848;14(2):242244. Translated in Infect Control 1982;3(6):478-479.Google Scholar
* Both of Holmes's publications were reprinted in Medical Classics 1936;1(3):211-243, 247268.Google Scholar