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Martha Ann Orwin

BIRTH 21 JUN 1873 • Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England

DEATH 04 NOV 1898 • De Lamar, Owyhee, Idaho, USA

Childbirth is a difficult proposition for both mother and the newborn. 

https://communityflash.wordpress.com/2018/10/30/the-myths-and-facts-the-black-death-of-childbed/

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/causesofdeathover100years/2017-09-18


"The Four Horsemen of Death in maternal mortality were puerperal pyrexia, haemorrhage, convulsions and illegal abortion. They still are—in various proportions—major killers in most of the world, although their effects are greatly reduced in the UK now."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1633559/

"Doctors may have killed a lot of women in the first part of the 20th century, but they can save your life today."

https://slate.com/technology/2013/09/death-in-childbirth-doctors-increased-maternal-mortality-in-the-20th-century-are-midwives-better.html


ANNA (Effie Hannah) LANGFORD

https://www.news-medical.net/health/History-of-Meningitis.aspx

https://scdhec.gov/health/diseases-conditions/insect-or-animal-borne-disease/infectious-diseases-diseases-spread-8

https://www.meningitis.org/blogs/the-history-of-meningitis

PRISCILLA GIBSON

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6517989/


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