Childbed fever was vanquished in the 1940s in the United States and Europe when obstetricians began to __________.

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Childbed fever, also known as puerperal fever, is caused by bacterial infection and was prevalent in hospital delivery rooms in the 19th century. In the 1840s, Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis observed that doctors who washed their hands before delivering babies had much lower rates of maternal mortality. However, his theory was not widely accepted at the time. It was not until the mid-20th century that hand washing and other sanitation measures became standard practice in obstetrics, leading to the eradication of childbed fever in developed countries. The other options (A, B, D) are not relevant to the prevention or treatment of childbed fever.

Childbed Fever Was Vanquished in the 1940s in the United