To the prevention of postpartum diseases

Abstract

Although very significant results have been achieved in the field of obstetric antiseptics in recent years, it cannot be denied that some aspects of this case still cannot be considered finally resolved; this should include mainly the questions about the importance of preventive disinfection and about the limitation of internal research of women in labor, which have been subject to lively discussion in recent years. The author, on the basis of the material of the Erlangen obstetric clinic, tries to approach the solution of these controversial practical issues closely related to the current state of our knowledge regarding the bacteriology of the internal genital organs of pregnant women and women in labor ("self-infection").

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