Ignaz Semmelweis

What happened to another doctor that made semmelweis realise the fever was caused by something passed on?

Another doctor cut himself while working on a body and died from symptoms which were identical to childbed fever.

In hospitals day what's an example of a bacteria that is causing lots of problems and why?

MRSA, its resistant to antibiotics which causes lots of problems.

What did many doctors think and why?

Many doctors thought it was a punishment to women , no one had ever seen bacteria or viruses so it was hard to think it was caused by something they couldnt see.

At that time what happened to many women in hospital?

They died from childbed fever a few days after giving birth, nobody knew what caused it.

Who was ignaz semmelweis?

A doctor in the mind 1850's.

How did semmelweis try and get his ideas excepted?

Talked to other doctors, he thought evidence would prove to them that childbed fever was spread by doctors, but his ideas were mocked.

What did doctors not like the idea of?

That they might have been spreading the disease, they were told their actions were killing instead of curing.

What did semmelweis notice about his medical students?

That they went straight from dissecting a dead body to delivering a baby without washing their hands. He wondered if they were carrying to the cause of disease from the corpses to the patients.

What did semmelweis insist to his medical students?

That they'd wash their hands before delivering babys, immediately fewer mothers died from the fever.