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    Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.: Once upon a time, it was a custom to not use the left hand to touch food or other shared objects because that hand was used for unsanitary activities,... more »
    Scout: .....I personally think that visitors should not be allowed in hospitals - hospitals need to invest in web cams which could be transmitted to monitors... more »
    Lilah: There's a book I highly recommend that has a good section on childbed fever. And it has a killer subtitle. "The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battl... more »
    WaltzingMatilda: Um, as part of my work I know of several incredibly rare, terrifying diseases that coincide with childbirth. Also fun - hearing about lady-part cancer... more »
    Yaffle: I have actually asked boyfriends/one night stands to wash their hands before sex. Which seems perfectly sensible to me (especially in light of the abo... more »
    lola82: In a large hospital, only 30% of docs wash their hands between patients. Found this out from Senior Counsel for very large, hospital chain. GROSS. more »
    emilyanne: Ok so here's a thing - 70 per cent of the spread of MRSA in UK hospitals is caused not by dirty hospital or bad doctors or nurses but by those visitin... more »
    Scout: R.I.P. Semmelweis [en.wikipedia.org] more »
    mslewis: I never eat food stuff brought in to work because I KNOW several of the women do not wash their hands after using the toilet!! I figure if they don't ... more »
    MissAmy: I will add this to my litany of counter arguments for when I hear my hippy friends bemoan the evils of "Western medicine." Thank you. I need new mater... more »
    applejuice: I'm 30 and when I was born my mom's OBGYN was on vacation. Some a-hole was standing in for him who wouldn't come out of the breakroom when the nurse k... more »
    Eeva: And plenty of doctors and health professionals still haven't discovered this whole hand-washing thing. ACK. Her life was far more fascinating than her... more »
    JinxyMcDeath: How about when your co-workers fail to wash their hands...and you see it. Do you say something? Seriously, I have struggled with whether to tell some ... more »
    BlondeGrlz: Oh my God. At my birthing class last night, the instructor talked about how the 3rd stage of labor is delivering the placenta and Mr. BGZ was like "Wh... more »
    DanA MacDonald: What, no mention of Ignaz Semmelweis?A travesty! more »
  • #weirdscience

    The Silent And Painful Killer: "Childbed Fever"

    The feminist and writer Mary Wollstonecraft met her end at the hands of a medical mystery that killed scores of 18th century mothers. Why? More »
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