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5 days ago · On this date in 1850, a prickly Hungarian obstetrician named Ignaz Semmelweis stepped up to the podium of the Vienna Medical Society’s lecture hall to give his fellow doctors advice, which...
4 days ago · A few of the names discussed are Dante, Leonardo Da Vinci, Jane Austen, Luis Pasteur, Ignaz Semmelweiss, Emily Dickinson, Nikola Tesla, Vincent Van Gogh, Coco Chanel and the Beatles. Now let us investigate together what we may learn from them and to improve our well-being.
5 days ago · 12. Unity: The railroad symbolized the physical and metaphorical connection between the East and West, promoting a sense of national unity. 13. Literature and art: The railroad inspired countless works of literature, art, and music, capturing the imagination of a nation and symbolizing progress and innovation. 14.
3 days ago · Hungarian doctor, Ignaz Semmelweiss was the first person to realise that keeping hands clean can really help prevent diseases being passed on. In this programme we’ll be discussing his work and...
23 hours ago · Doctor Ignaz Semmelweis Suggested Washing Hands Before Delivering Babies. In 1847, Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis proposed that if doctors were to wash their hands with chlorinated lime ...
5 days ago · Ignaz Semmelweis and Joseph Lister had earlier practiced hand sanitizing in medical contexts in the 1860s. Controversies. A French national hero at age 55, in 1878 Pasteur discreetly told his family to never reveal his laboratory notebooks to anyone. His family obeyed, and all his documents were held and inherited in secrecy.
1 day ago · The Semmelweis Effect In 1847, a young doctor named Ignaz Semmelweis had a major breakthrough. Working in a maternity ward, he discovered that a regime of hand washing could dramatically lower the mortality rate in hospitals.
