Puerperal sepsis was once one of the main causes of women dying following childbirth. As knowledge about hygiene practices advanced and then antibiotics were introduced, this declined rapidly.

Archive Observations on the Use of Antistreptococcus Serum in the Treatment of Puerperal Sepsis with a Report of Five Cases Author: FRANK A. HIGGINS, M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published May ...

Non-puerperal uterine inversion is an uncommon yet serious gynaecological condition that occurs independently of childbirth. It is characterised by the infolding or collapse of the uterine fundus ...

The general hospital is a veritable cesspool of infection. . . . Meddlesomemidwifery and puerperal infection seem to cause the greater part of the mortality, either singly or in combination. . . .

Archive Steam in the Treatment of Chronic, Hyperplastic, and Senile Endometritis, Putrid Abortion and Puerperal Sepsis Author: F. W. JOHNSON, M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published March 15, 1900 ...

A. R. Gunn, Resistance To Puerperal Infection, The British Medical Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2525 (May 22, 1909), p. 1270 ...