The etiology, the concept and the prophylaxis of childbed fever / by Ignác Fülöp Semmelweis ; translated by Frank P. Murphy ; edited with commentary and translation of the Semmelweis "Open letters" by Sherwin B. Nuland and Ferenc A. Gyorgyey.

Author/creator Semmelweis, Ignác Fülöp
Other author Nuland, Sherwin B.
Other author Gyorgyey, Ferenc A.
Other author Longo, Lawrence D.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Classics of Obstetrics & Gynecology Library, ©1990.
Descriptionlvii, [351]-893 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm.
Subjects

Spine title Etiology of childbed fever
SeriesClassics of Obstetrics & Gynecology Library
Classics of Obstetrics & Gynecology Library. UNAUTHORIZED
General note"This special edition ... has been privately printed for the members of the Classics of Obstetrics & Gynecology Library."
General note"The enigma of Semmelweis : an interpretation" by Sherwin P. Nuland: p. [xiii]-xlii.
General note"Introduction" by Lawrence D. Longo: p. xliii-liv.
General noteFacsimile of : The etiology, the concept and the prophylaxis of childbed fever. Baltimore, MD : Williams and Wilkins, 1941.
General noteThe "Open letters" to Spaeth, Scanzoni, Siebold, and all professors of obstetrics: p. [775]-880.
General note"Biographical sketches of physicians referred to in the 'Open letters' ": p. [881]-893.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LanguageTranslation of Aetiologie, der Begriff und die Prophylaxis des Kindbettfiebers.