The etiology, the concept and the prophylaxis of childbed fever / by Ignác Fülöp Semmelweis ; translated by Frank P. Murphy ; edited with commentary and translation of the Semmelweis "Open letters" by Sherwin B. Nuland and Ferenc A. Gyorgyey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Semmelweis, Ignác Fülöp, 1818-1865.

Contributor:

Nuland, Sherwin B.

Gyorgyey, Ferenc A.

Siebold, Eduard Caspar Jacob von, 1801-1861.

Scanzoni, F. W. von (Friedrich Wilhelm), 1821-1891.

Spaeth, Joseph, 1823-1896.

Cox Classics of Medicine Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Classics of Medicine Library.

Classics of Medicine Library

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Puerperal septicemia.

Puerperal Infection--etiology.

Sepsis--prevention & control.

Medical Subjects:

Puerperal Infection--etiology.

Sepsis--prevention & control.

Physical Description:

xlii pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 351 unnumbered pages-893 pages : portraits ; 25 cm.

Edition:

Special edition.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham [Ala.] : The Classics of Medicine Library, 1981.

Notes:

"The enigma of Semmelweis - an interpretation" by Sherwin P. Nuland: p. [xiii]-xlii.

Includes facsim. of The etiology, translated by Frank P. Murphy, originally published in Medical Classics, Baltimore, 1941.

The "Open letters" to Spaeth, Scanzoni, Siebold, and all Professors of Obstetrics: p. [775]-880.

"Biographical sketches of physicians referred to in the 'Open letters'": pages [881]-893.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Biotech Circ copy : Penn Medicine Internship class (1970) on their 50th anniversary.

Related Work:

Nuland, Sherwin B. Enigma of Semmelweis - an interpretation.

OCLC:

1011796335