The hypothesis of infected cadaveric material explained
A) The lower mortality among street births.
B) Why the women attended by midwives did not get childbed fever.
C) Both
D) Why the medical students refused to wash their hands in a solution of chlorinated lime.

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The hypothesis of infected cadaveric material explained both the lower mortality among street births, as these births were not exposed to the contaminated environment of the hospital, and why the women attended by midwives did not get childbed fever, as midwives did not perform autopsies and thus did not carry the infectious material to the birthing women.

The Hypothesis of Infected Cadaveric Material Explained