Question

Childbed fever was vanquished in the 1940s in the United States and Europe when obstetricians began to _____
a. start making house calls
b. use vaccinations
c. wash their hands
d. use aspirin and acetaminophen

Answer 1

Answer:

Wash their hands

Explanation:

The incidence of childbed fever became so rampant till Semmelweis was able to discover that this infectious disease can be reduced drastically by always keeping and using hand disinfectants in obstetrical clinics. Obstetricians who wash their hands with this disinfectants had lower cases of childbed fever, which was also known as "Puerperal fever".