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Later in his career, Knowlton helped figure out what caused puerperal fever, write Baumrin, Cobett and Kulkarni, advancing women's health. Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, "This Infamous 19th-Century Birth Control Pamphlet Got its Writer Imprisoned," 10 May 2017

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