Question
1847: Wash Your Hands"
by Marguerite Vigliani, MD; Gale Eaton
Ignatz Semmelweis was appalled. The Vienna hospital where he worked was world famous for its obstetrics department, 1
but women would rather give birth outside on the street. It was safer. 2
Inside, more of them died of childbed fever, especially if they were put in First Clinic. The two maternity wards or clinics accepted patients on alternate days, but whenever their babies arrived, mothers begged to be put in Second Clinic. The death rate there was lower. 3
Childbed (or puerperal) fever was a bacterial infection common in nineteenth-century hospitals and even after doctor-assisted home births. It tore through the reproductive systems and blood streams of women exhausted by childbirth. In America, oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. announced in 1843 that the disease was carried on the unwashed hands and clothes of doctors, but he was largely ignored. 4
In 1847, Semmelweis came to the same conclusion. As assistant to Prof…From 'A Story of Medicine in 50 Discoveries', by Marguerite Vigliani, MD and Gale Eaton (Tilbury House, 2015)
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
Drag each item to the correct location to compare the two clinics.
(1 point)
Put responses in the correct input to answer the question. Select a response, navigate to the desired input and insert the response. Responses can be selected and inserted using the space bar, enter key, left mouse button or touchpad. Responses can also be moved by dragging with a mouse.
by Marguerite Vigliani, MD; Gale Eaton
Ignatz Semmelweis was appalled. The Vienna hospital where he worked was world famous for its obstetrics department, 1
but women would rather give birth outside on the street. It was safer. 2
Inside, more of them died of childbed fever, especially if they were put in First Clinic. The two maternity wards or clinics accepted patients on alternate days, but whenever their babies arrived, mothers begged to be put in Second Clinic. The death rate there was lower. 3
Childbed (or puerperal) fever was a bacterial infection common in nineteenth-century hospitals and even after doctor-assisted home births. It tore through the reproductive systems and blood streams of women exhausted by childbirth. In America, oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. announced in 1843 that the disease was carried on the unwashed hands and clothes of doctors, but he was largely ignored. 4
In 1847, Semmelweis came to the same conclusion. As assistant to Prof…From 'A Story of Medicine in 50 Discoveries', by Marguerite Vigliani, MD and Gale Eaton (Tilbury House, 2015)
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
Drag each item to the correct location to compare the two clinics.
(1 point)
Put responses in the correct input to answer the question. Select a response, navigate to the desired input and insert the response. Responses can be selected and inserted using the space bar, enter key, left mouse button or touchpad. Responses can also be moved by dragging with a mouse.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
It seems that you're asking for a comparison between the two maternity clinics mentioned in the passage: First Clinic and Second Clinic. Based on the information provided, here is how you could categorize the responses:
**First Clinic:**
- Higher mortality rate from childbed fever.
- Mothers preferred to avoid giving birth here.
- Associated with unwashed hands and clothes of doctors.
**Second Clinic:**
- Lower mortality rate from childbed fever.
- Mothers requested to be admitted here.
- Considered safer for childbirth.
Feel free to adjust any specifics or details according to any additional information or context you have!
**First Clinic:**
- Higher mortality rate from childbed fever.
- Mothers preferred to avoid giving birth here.
- Associated with unwashed hands and clothes of doctors.
**Second Clinic:**
- Lower mortality rate from childbed fever.
- Mothers requested to be admitted here.
- Considered safer for childbirth.
Feel free to adjust any specifics or details according to any additional information or context you have!