Comments on: Childbirth Explained http://healthblog.ncpa.org/childbirth-explained/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Tue, 22 May 2012 20:01:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Devon Herrick http://healthblog.ncpa.org/childbirth-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-54397 Devon Herrick Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:10:01 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9147#comment-54397 It's only been within the last 150 years ago that hand washing was considered essential before attending childbirth. A Hungarian doctor is thought to be the first to discover the benefits of hand washing with chlorine between deliveries. Apparently this was such blasphemy that his colleagues had him committed to a mental institution where he was beaten to death by the guards. http://www.semmelweis.org/about/dr-semmelweis-biography/ It’s only been within the last 150 years ago that hand washing was considered essential before attending childbirth. A Hungarian doctor is thought to be the first to discover the benefits of hand washing with chlorine between deliveries. Apparently this was such blasphemy that his colleagues had him committed to a mental institution where he was beaten to death by the guards. http://www.semmelweis.org/about/dr-semmelweis-biography/

]]> By: Brian Williams. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/childbirth-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-54396 Brian Williams. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:05:54 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9147#comment-54396 I have four children ... and don't ever hope to understand childbith. I have four children … and don’t ever hope to understand childbith.

]]> By: Linda Gorman http://healthblog.ncpa.org/childbirth-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-54373 Linda Gorman Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:45:47 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9147#comment-54373 We're lucky that the males took an interest. Otherwise obstetrics would not have been created quite so soon and midwives would have watched helplessly as a lot more women and children died or were maimed during the natural, but dangerous, process of child birth. We’re lucky that the males took an interest.

Otherwise obstetrics would not have been created quite so soon and midwives would have watched helplessly as a lot more women and children died or were maimed during the natural, but dangerous, process of child birth.

]]> By: Vicki http://healthblog.ncpa.org/childbirth-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-54372 Vicki Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:31:34 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9147#comment-54372 Didn't I read that there is a specie of lizard that is female only. How do they do it? Someone should investigate. Didn’t I read that there is a specie of lizard that is female only. How do they do it? Someone should investigate.

]]> By: Nancy http://healthblog.ncpa.org/childbirth-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-54371 Nancy Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:29:51 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9147#comment-54371 Sounds like the males are a problem. Sounds like the males are a problem.

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