| Date | 1767 |
| Author | Clarke |
| Contribution | Contagiousness of puerperal fever. |
| Reference | Garrison |
| Notes | John Clarke, obstetrician of London. Date is provisional. Garrison gives 1767-88. K. C. Carter, in book review (Bull. Hist. Med. 70: 1996) says Clarke was among those whose contributions re childbed fever are merely of antiquarian interest. See also page 393 in Graham's Eternal Eve, 1951. |
| Category | Causation |
| Pathogen Class | Bacteria |
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