Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Puerperal fever, undated. Digital
FOUND IN:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
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Collection:
Seth Hastings and Seth Hastings, Jr. commonplace books, medical records, and papers
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Series:
Series I. Seth Hastings, 1772-1810, undated.
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15Identifier: H MS c292
Scope and Contents:
Notebook containing information on the possible causes of puerperal fever, symptoms, and disease progression. Puerperal fever is a post-partum bacterial infection of the female reproductive tract. Hastings writes that treatment may include scarification and cupping, or applying leeches to the area of the abdomen that is affected; gentle vomits; and other medicines and teas.