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Quotation from The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
“the time has come when the existence of a private pestilence in the sphere of a single physician should be looked upon, not as a misfortune, but a crime”
The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever, Conclusion 8
Holmes's most famous sentence, demanding that doctors take responsibility for outbreaks in their own practices.
Citation: "the time has come when the existence of a private pestilence in the sphere of a single physician should be looked upon, not as a misfortune, but a crime" — Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever, Conclusion 8. (id holmes-contagiousness-of-puerperal-fever-q1)
