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What do people always say you need to "boil water" during childbirth? what is it for?
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Retro moments: After the general understanding of germs and their contribution to disease and death.Boiling water to use it to sterilize linen and or interments used in procedure became standard. In hospitals today, the equipment is sterilized in autoclaves long before the procedures.Drapes and other linen are likewise sterilized and stored in protected areas until needed.
Answered 11/12/2014
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