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Health May 15, 2015 3:29 PM EDT. 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. It was a...
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...
May 17, 2024 · PBS NewsHour - In 1850, Ignaz Semmelweis saved lives with three words: wash your hands (May 17, 2024)
Apr 14, 2020 · Published: April 14, 2020 8:20am EDT. One of the front-line defenses individuals have against the spread of the coronavirus can feel decidedly low-tech: hand-washing. In fact, it was...
Ignaz Semmelweis. Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis ( German: [ˈɪɡnaːts ˈzɛml̩vaɪs]; Hungarian: Semmelweis Ignác Fülöp [ˈsɛmmɛlvɛjs ˈiɡnaːts ˈfyløp]; 1 July 1818 – 13 August 1865) was a Hungarian physician and scientist of German descent, who was an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures, and was described as the "saviour of ...
Mar 27, 2020 · Semmelweis’s visionary solution—curbing a lethal epidemic through antiseptic handwashing—has saved the lives of thousands in his own time; has gone on to save the lives of countless millions; and is saving people today; during the current health crisis.
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May 21, 2020 · Clinical hand washing, since then, has prevented millions of deaths of humankind. In the present times too, his idea of hand hygiene plays a central role in COVID-19 pandemic management. Authors present a brief account of life and work of this maverick genius, who was born “too early in the darkness.”.
