“…Infections of the uterus with anaerobic bacteria are relatively uncommon, but they are among the most fatal, and today, with the virtual disappearance of hemolytic streptococcal infections, among the most important infective diseases peculiar to women (35,95,101,135,242,264,452,651, and many others). They rarely involve the nongravid uterus, although gas gangrenous infections, such as those originating in fibromata, have been described (334,897,959,960). The majority of cases result from attempts at criminal abortion; less commonly they follow spontaneous abortion and still less commonly they develop during labor or the puerperium (189,223,1002,1077).…”