Ignaz Semmelweis – The Persecuted Medical Pioneer
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Ignaz Semmelweis – The Persecuted Medical Pioneer

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis was a Hungarian doctor, now known as an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures. Described as the “saviour of mothers”, Semmelweis discovered that the incidence of puerperal, or childbed fever, could be drastically cut if doctors washed their hands before delivering babies in maternity wards. However, he was ridiculed and persecuted for his…

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