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room。Thesameeveningheattendedawomaninlaborwithoutpreviouslychanginghisclothes；thispatientdied。Thenextmorninghedeliveredawomanwiththeforceps；shediedalso，andofmanyotherswhowereseizedwiththediseasewithinafewweeks，threesharedthesamefateinsuccession。
InJune，1823，heassistedsomeofhispupilsattheautopsyofacaseofpuerperalfever。Hewasunabletowashhishandswithpropercare，forwantofthenecessaryaccommodations。Ongettinghomehefoundthattwopatientsrequiredhisassistance。Hewentwithoutfurtherablution，orchanginghisclothes；boththesepatientsdiedwithpuerperalfever。ThissameDr。CampbellisoneofDr。
Churchill’sauthoritiesagainstcontagion。
Mr。Robertonsaysthatinoneinstancewithinhisknowledgeapractitionerpassedthecatheterforapatientwithpuerperalfeverlateintheevening；thesamenightheattendedaladywhohadthesymptomsofthediseaseonthesecondday。Inanotherinstanceasurgeonwascalledwhileintheactofinspectingthebodyofawomanwhohaddiedofthisfever，toattendalabor；withinforty-eighthoursthispatientwasseizedwiththefever。’
Onthe16thofMarch，1831，amedicalpractitionerexaminedthebodyofawomanwhohaddiedafewdaysafterdelivery，frompuerperalperitonitis。Ontheeveningofthe17thhedeliveredapatient，whowasseizedwithpuerperalfeveronthe19th，anddiedonthe24th。
Betweenthisperiodandthe6thofApril，thesamepractitionerattendedtwootherpatients，bothofwhomwereattackedwiththesamediseaseanddied。
Intheautumnof1829aphysicianwaspresentattheexaminationofacaseofpuerperalfever，dissectedouttheorgans，andassistedinsewingupthebody。Hehadscarcelyreachedhomewhenhewassummonedtoattendayoungladyinlabor。Insixteenhoursshewasattackedwiththesymptomsofpuerperalfever，andnarrowlyescapedwithherlife。
InDecember，1830，amidwife，whohadattendedtwofatalcasesofpuerperalfeverattheBritishLying-inHospital，examinedapatientwhohadjustbeenadmitted，toascertainiflaborhadcommenced。
Thispatientremainedtwodaysintheexpectationthatlaborwouldcomeon，whenshereturnedhomeandwasthensuddenlytakeninlaboranddeliveredbeforeshecouldsetoutforthehospital。Shewentonfavorablyfortwodays，andwasthentakenwithpuerperalfeveranddiedinthirty-sixhours。
“Ayoungpractitioner，contrarytoadvice，examinedthebodyofapatientwhohaddiedfrompuerperalfever；therewasnoepidemicatthetime；thecaseappearedtobepurelysporadic。Hedeliveredthreeotherwomenshortlyafterwards；theyalldiedwithpuerperalfever，thesymptomsofwhichbrokeoutverysoonafterlabor。Thepatientsofhiscolleaguedidwell，exceptone，whereheassistedtoremovesomecoagulafromtheuterus；shewasattackedinthesamemannerasthosewhomhehadattended，anddiedalso。“Thewriterinthe“BritishandForeignMedicalReview，“fromwhomIquotethisstatement，——andwhoisnootherthanDr。Rigby，adds，“Wetrustthatthisfactalonewillforeversilencesuchdoubts，andstampthewell-
meritedepithetof’criminal，’asabovequoted，uponsuchattempts。“
[Brit。andFor。MedicalReviewforJan。1842，p。112。]
>FromthecasesgivenbyMr。Ingleby，Iselectthefollowing。Twogentlemen，afterhavingbeenengagedinconductingthepost-mortemexaminationofacaseofpuerperalfever，wentinthesamedress，eachrespectively，toacaseofmidwifery。“Theonepatientwasseizedwiththerigoraboutthirtyhoursafterwards。Theotherpatientwasseizedwitharigorthethirdmorningafterdelivery。
Onerecovered，onedied。“[Edin。Med。andSurg。Journal，April，1838。]
Oneofthesesamegentlemenattendedanotherwomaninthesameclothestwodaysaftertheautopsyreferredto。“Therigordidnottakeplaceuntiltheeveningofthefifthdayfromthefirstvisit。
Resultfatal。“Thesecasesbelongedtoaseriesofseven，thefirstofwhichwasthoughttohaveoriginatedinacaseoferysipelas。
“Severalcasesofamildcharacterfollowedtheforegoingseven，andtheirnaturebeingnowmostunequivocal，myfrienddeclinedvisitingallmidwiferycasesforatime，andtherewasnorecurrenceofthedisease。“Thesecasesoccurredin1833。Fiveofthemprovedfatal。
Mr。Inglebygivesanotherseriesofseveneaseswhichoccurredtoapractitionerin1836，thefirstofwhichwasalsoattributedtohishavingopenedsev
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