Hilary J Lane
Biographic Data
| ID | 6068243 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hilary J Lane |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hilary J |
| FAMILY NAME | Lane |
| SIGNATURE | LANE H J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nava Blum is with the Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel, and the Department of Health Systems Administration, Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel, Yezreel Valley, Israel. Hilary J. Lane is with the History of Medicine Library, Mayo Medical Libraries, Rochester, Minnesota. Elizabeth Fee is with the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894) and Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (1818–1865)
IN THE EARLY TO MIDnineteenth century in Europe and America, thousands of young women died from childbed fever, also known as puerperal fever, a disease rampant in the charity maternity clinics of the time.1 Women were generally affected within the first three days after childbirth. The disease progressed rapidly and caused acute symptoms of severe abdominal pain, fever, and debility. Therapy usually involved bloodletting, but with or without thi…
Justina Siegemund and the Art of Midwifery
The article profiles German midwife Justina Siegemund. Published in 1960, Siegemund's book was the first German medical text written by a woman. She decided to study and practice midwifery in 1959 after suffering from the care of midwives who assumed she was pregnant. In 1701 she was appointed Court Midwife of Berlin, Germany by Elector of Brandenburg Frederick William
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Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894) and Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (1818–1865)
IN THE EARLY TO MIDnineteenth century in Europe and America, thousands of young women died from childbed fever, also known as puerperal fever, a disease rampant in the charity maternity clinics of the time.1 Women were generally affected within the first three days after childbirth. The disease progressed rapidly and caused acute symptoms of severe abdominal pain, fever, and debility. Therapy usually involved bloodletting, but with or without thi…
Justina Siegemund and the Art of Midwifery
The article profiles German midwife Justina Siegemund. Published in 1960, Siegemund's book was the first German medical text written by a woman. She decided to study and practice midwifery in 1959 after suffering from the care of midwives who assumed she was pregnant. In 1701 she was appointed Court Midwife of Berlin, Germany by Elector of Brandenburg Frederick William
Medicine (2 works) · American Sports and Literature (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Canadian Identity and History (1 work) · German (1 work) · Health and Medical Studies (1 work) · History (1 work) · Medical History and Innovations (1 work) · Nurse-Midwives (1 work) · Nursing (1 work)