Puerperal (Childbed) Fever

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• Puerperal Fever I: A Question of Definition
• Puerperal Fever II: Contrasting Epidemics, Puerperal Fever and Cholera
• Puerperal Fever III: Fog and Filthy Air
• Puerperal Fever IV: Overcrowding and Effluvia

Pregnancy and Childbirth

• Pregnancy and Childbirth in the Age of Victoria
• Puerperal Insanity
• Victorian Infant Mortality: A Bibliography

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