What was purple fever?
Puerperal fever was a devastating disease. It affected women within the first three days after childbirth and progressed rapidly, causing acute symptoms of severe abdominal pain, fever and debility.
Who identified the cause of childbed fever?
In the late 1840s German-Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis, who was then working in an obstetric clinic in Vienna, discovered the infectious nature of puerperal fever and developed an antisepsis technique to prevent the condition.
Why were doctors resistant to Semmelweis?
Semmelweis was not a son of the soil in Vienna, he was an unappreciated Hungarian doctor from Budapest. Doctors somehow could not accept the fact that they themselves were responsible for death of their patients. He was met with resistance from his own colleagues.
What is a childbed fever?
17,900. Postpartum infections, also known as childbed fever and puerperal fever, are any bacterial infections of the female reproductive tract following childbirth or miscarriage.
Who cured puerperal fever?
| Ignaz Semmelweis | |
|---|---|
| Born | Semmelweis Ignác FülöpJuly 1, 1818 Buda, Kingdom of Hungary (now part of Budapest, Hungary) |
| Died | August 13, 1865 (aged 47) Oberdöbling, Austrian Empire (today part of Vienna, Austria) |
| Citizenship | Kingdom of Hungary |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna University of Budapest |
Who cured childbed fever?
Semmelweis
Childbed fever was rampant at the clinic and on a visit in 1850, just after returning to Pest, Semmelweis found one fresh corpse, another patient in severe agony, and four others seriously ill with the disease. After taking over in 1851, Semmelweis virtually eliminated the disease.
What is childbed fever called today?
Postpartum infections, also known as childbed fever and puerperal fever, are any bacterial infections of the female reproductive tract following childbirth or miscarriage.
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