Abstract
To the Editor: —Dr. J. B. DeLee states that the article Maternity Ward of the General Hospital, published in the January 7 issue ofThe Journal, is his reply to resolutions and editorials evoked by his recent publications on the subject. His reply consists of two principal portions: A series of quotations from various writers expressing their criticisms of modern hospital obstetrics as being more dangerous than home deliveries, and of the general hospital as being less safe, from the obstetric point of view, than the specialized maternity hospital. A collection by Dr. DeLee and his co-author, Dr. Siedentopf, from apparently all available sources, of a series of so-called puerperal epidemics occurring in hospitals. They stress the fact that thirty-five such epidemics occurred in general hospitals, while only three such epidemics occurred in specialized maternity hospitals. The Cleveland Hospital Obstetrical Society, organized for the purpose of studying the obstetric
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