| Date | 1840 |
| Author | Roberton |
| Contribution | Presented clinical evidence of the contagiousness of puerperal fever. |
| Reference | Graham |
| Notes | See page 396 in Harvey Graham's Eternal Eve, 1951. In an episode in England, one midwife had a very bad record regarding the fever, while 25 of her colleagues had good records over the same period. K. C. Carter, in book review (Bull. Hist. Med. 70: 1996) says Roberton was among those mentioned in a 1995 book but whose contributions re childbed fever are merely of antiquarian interest. |
| Category | Causation |
| Pathogen Class | Bacteria |
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