IGNAZ SEMMELWEIS
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SEMMELWEIS IN 1850S CHILDBED FEVER WAS COMMON
NOTICED MEDICAL STUDENTS WENT STRAIGHT FROM DISSECTING DEAD BODY TO DELIVERING A BABY WITHOUT WASHING HANDS
HIS IDEAS WERE MOCKED
PEOPLE THOUGHT CHILDBED FEVER WAS GOD'S PUNISHMENT TO WOMEN NO ONE HAD EVER SEEN PATHOGENS DOCTORS DIDN'T LIKE THE IDEA THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN SPREADING DISEASE
HE INSISTED THAT HIS STUDENTS WASH THEIR HANDS BEFORE DELIVERING BABIES
IMMEDIATELY, FEWER MOTHERS DIED
