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Dr Alexander Gordon (1752-99) and contagious puerperal fever.
Alexander Gordon, one of twin boys, was born in 1752 in the parish of Strachan, 20 miles south west of Aberdeen. Little is known of his early life, but he obtained an MA at Marischal College, and after further study at the Aberdeen Infirmary and in Edinburgh, graduated in medicine at the University of Aberdeen. In 1780, at the age of 28, with testimonial letters from the Corporation of Surgeons...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 1892
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(02)05166-8