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Ignaz Semmelweis

Born

in Buda (now part of Budapest), Hungary

July 01, 1818

Died

August 13, 1865

Genre

Medicine

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Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis was a Hungarian physician of German extraction now known as an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures. Described as the "savior of mothers", Semmelweis discovered that the incidence of puerperal fever (also known as "childbed fever") could be drastically cut by the use of hand disinfection in obstetrical clinics. Puerperal fever was common in mid-19th-century hospitals and often fatal, with mortality at 10%–35%. Semmelweis proposed the practice of washing hands with chlorinated lime solutions in 1847 while working in Vienna General Hospital's First Obstetrical Clinic, where doctors' wards had three times the mortality of midwives' wards. He published a book of his findings in Etiology, Concept and Prophylaxis of Chi ...more

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Average rating: 4.25 · 12 ratings · 4 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Etiology, Concept and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever (Volume 2) (Wisconsin Publications in the History of Science and Medicine) by Ignaz Semmelweis, K. Codell Carter (Translator) 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Offener Brief an sämmtliche Professoren der Geburtshilfe 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Ignaz Semmelweis (?)

“Semmelweis reflex: The tendency to reject new evidence or new knowledge because it contradicts established norms, beliefs or paradigms”
― Ignaz Semmelweis

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