Word: septicemia
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Dates: during 1932-1932
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...Virginia Lee Wyckoff, 21, University of Oklahoma coed, died of septicemia in Oklahoma City General Hospital after telling physicians an abortion had been performed upon her by John W. Eisiminger, an osteopath...
...fetus. The danger of this method is that enough of a drug to cause an abortion is almost invariably harmful. Abortion may also be brought about by the insertion of an instrument. A danger of this is that the placenta may not be expelled, that its retention may cause septicemia and death. Legitimate abortion is brought about by curettage, a delicate operation requiring a skilled surgeon. Miscarriage may also be induced by manipulation, by heat (rays), by violent exertion...