1. SECRETARY-TREASURER'S REPORT.
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CLIMATOLOGY ,HAND washing ,SEPTICEMIA prevention - Abstract
The article offers information on the 130th meeting of the Climatological which was held at La Cantera Resort & Spa in San Antonio, Texas on October 19-22, 2017. Topics include the career of Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis, who identified lack of hand washing as the cause of puerperal fever; hand-washing protocol developed by Semmelweis that dramatically reduced post-partum sepsis and death; and Jim O'Connell, the Founding President of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP).
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- 2018