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That said, it was Dr. Semmelweis who ordered his medical students and junior physicians to wash their hands in a chlorinated lime solution until the smell of the putrid bodies they dissected...
May 21, 2020 · Astute clinical observations and logical reasoning goaded Semmelweis to suspect the role of “unholy” hands of “holy” physicians in the transmission of puerperal fever. He enforced a hand-washing policy for physicians. Those with unwashed hands were disallowed into labor room.
- Uvi Tyagi, Kailash Chander Barwal
- 10.1007/s12262-020-02386-6
- 2020
- Indian J Surg. 2020 Jun; 82(3): 276-277.
Jan 12, 2015 · The Doctor Who Championed Hand-Washing And Briefly Saved Lives. Ignaz Semmelweis washing his hands in chlorinated lime water before operating. This is the story of a man whose ideas could...
Apr 14, 2020 · Ignaz Semmelweis, the doctor who discovered the disease-fighting power of hand-washing in 1847. Published: April 14, 2020 8:20am EDT. One of the front-line defenses individuals have against...
He could offer no theoretical explanation for his findings of reduced mortality due to hand-washing, and some doctors were offended at the suggestion that they should wash their hands and mocked him for it. In 1865, the increasingly outspoken Semmelweis allegedly suffered a nervous breakdown and was committed to an asylum by his colleagues. In ...
Ignaz Semmelweis Was Ridiculed for Advocating Hand-washing for Doctors. By: Nathan Chandler. Ignaz Semmelweis washes his hands in chlorinated lime water before operating. He discovered that doing this would reduce the rate of maternity deaths. Bettman/Getty Images.
1818 - 1865. The father of infection control. Alamy. Ignaz Semmelweis was the first doctor to discover the importance for medical professionals of hand washing. In the 19 th century, it was...
