Abstract
This biographical sketch portrays Oliver Wendell Holmes as a leading figure both in American medicine and in American literature. Particular attention is directed to his classic essay, “The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever.”
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. 1966 Apr;54(2):142–147.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Man of Medicine; Man of Letters
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