Opium for Mothers at Bellevue

What: Women suffering from infection during childbirth were treated with high doses of opium
When: Mid Nineteenth Century
Where: Bellevue Hospital
Feb 15, 2016 | Categories: All stories, Early America (1784-1854), Health & Medicine, Midtown East | Tags: Alonzo Clark, Bellevue Hospital, childbed fever, Ignaz Semmelweiss, maternal health, opium, puerperal fever, Stephen Smith | Leave A Comment »