An Account of an Epidemic of Puerperal Sepsis Due to Streptococcus Hæmolyticus *Read 11th March 1925.
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coccus haemolyticus, and, with the exception of Case No. I., all developed septicaemia and died within a period of three weeks during the month of February. The infection in Case No. I. occurred in January. The patient was admitted in the first stage of labour, with a temperature of over ioo?F. and a history of " chills and feverishness" for one week previous to admission. Her temperature increased after delivery, and, on the third day post-partum, a positive blood culture was obtained. This patient was removed from the hospital against advice, and died the next day. A post-mortem examination was not done.
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