Mr. Holmes was a very popular teacher because he was the only one that could keep the class awake.
In 1843 Holmes wrote The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever, which was considered groundbreaking. Holmes wrote that the fever was carried from patient to patient by physicians and nurses. In the pager he proposed that stuff should wear clean clothing and be avoided by those aiding birth and those performing autopsies. Even though Holmes conclusions were ridiculed by many contemporary doctors, who sometimes operated in coats stiff from blood. Even though Holmes was proven right later on (1847), it’s on until 1935 that his recommendations were adhered to.
During his lifetime, Mr. Holmes was acknowledged by his peers as one of the best writers alive.
The poem Old Ironsides, published in the Boston Daily Advertiser in 1830, protested the decommissioning of the USS Constitution. The ship was a heavy frigate christened by George Washington himself. The poem created a public uproar which saved the destruction of the ship.
Mr. Holmes was award prizes for medical research and writing in 1836 and 1837.
Many believe that the reason The Atlantic Monthly didn’t close down during the 1857 depression was due to the popularity of Holmes’ The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table essays. The essays were the source of his fame during his lifetime.
Zohar – Man of la Book
Dr. Holmes treated famed author Washington Irving before his death.
Man of la Book
A father, husband, avid reader, blogger, software engineer & wood worker who is known the world over as a man of many interests and to his wife as “an idiot”.