Do you know anyone who has died of puerperal fever? Probably not, thanks to this groundbreaking essay published by Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1843. With great passion and intelligence, Holmes sets forth his revolutionary argument on the prevention of an illness which had claimed the lives of new mothers in epidemic proportions. Though his findings were not accepted until years later, Holmes’ seminal work can serve as a model for the presentation of life-changing medical research.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1935) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902–1932. He was the oldest justice in the Supreme Court’s history and remains one of the most widely cited justices to this day.
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