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Introductory notes on lying-in institutions : $b Together with a proposal for organising an institution for training midwives and midwifery nursesNightingale, Florence

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Introductory notes on lying-in institutions : $b Together with a proposal for organising an institution for training midwives and midwifery nurses

Name: Introductory notes on lying-in institutions : $b Together with a proposal for organising an institution for training midwives and midwifery nurses
Author: Nightingale, Florence

Nightingale, Florence

Women's hospitals

│     │          │April│Induced       │Pyæmia          │April  │     „     │
 │     │          │  14 │              │                │  29   │           │
 │     │          │Dec. │Born in cab   │Hæmorrhage      │Dec. 7 │     „     │
 │     │          │  1  │              │                │       │           │
 ├─────┼──────────┼─────┼──────────────┼────────────────┼───────┼───────────┤
 │ 1865│       163│Jan. │Natural       │Embolism        │Feb. 12│1 in 32·6  │
 │     │          │  30 │              │                │       │           │
 │     │          │Feb. │Natural       │Puerperal fever │Feb. 18│     „     │
 │     │          │  8  │              │                │       │           │
 │     │          │     │              │Puerperal       │       │           │
 │     │          │June │Forceps       │  metritis and  │July 30│     „     │
 │     │          │  24 │              │  pelvis        │       │           │
 │     │          │     │              │  cellulitis    │       │           │
 │     │          │     │              │Laceration of   │       │           │
 │     │          │Oct. │Forceps       │  perinæum,     │Nov. 3 │     „     │
 │     │          │  20 │              │  puerperal     │       │           │
 │     │          │     │              │  fever         │       │           │
 │     │          │Oct. │Natural       │Puerperal fever │Nov. 9 │     „     │
 │     │          │  29 │              │                │       │           │
 ├─────┼──────────┼─────┼──────────────┼────────────────┼───────┼───────────┤
 │ 1866│       150│Jan. │Natural       │Gastro-enteritis│Jan. 20│1 in 30    │
 │     │          │  10 │              │                │       │           │
 │     │          │     │              │Retained        │       │           │
 │     │          │Mar. │Natural       │  placenta,     │April  │     „     │
 │     │          │  24 │              │  puerperal     │  10   │           │
 │     │          │     │              │  fever         │       │           │
 │     │          │Oct. │Placenta      │Emphysema and   │       │           │
 │     │          │  8  │  prævia.     │  bronchitis    │Oct. 10│     „     │
 │     │          │     │  Turning     │                │       │           │
 │     │          │Nov. │Forceps       │Peritonitis     │Nov. 15│     „     │
 │     │          │  10 │              │                │       │           │
 │     │          │Dec. │Natural       │Puerperal fever │Dec. 31│     „     │
 │     │          │  4  │              │                │       │           │
 ├─────┼──────────┼─────┼──────────────┼────────────────┼───────┼───────────┤
 │     │          │     │(Had          │                │       │           │
 │ 1867│       125│Jan. │  erysipelas  │Puerperal fever │Jan. 30│1 in 13·8  │
 │     │          │  10 │  when        │                │       │           │
 │     │          │     │  admitted[2])│                │       │           │

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Introductory notes on lying-in institutions : $b Together with a proposal for organising an institution for training midwives and midwifery nurses

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