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1. www.britannica.com › biography › Ignaz-SemmelweisIgnaz Semmelweis | Biography & Facts | Britannica

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   May 17, 2024 · He died two weeks into his detention at the asylum. Ironically, his illness and death were caused by the infection of a wound on his right hand, possibly acquired when he was beaten by the guards.

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ignaz_SemmelweisIgnaz Semmelweis - Wikipedia

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   He died 14 days later from a gangrenous wound on his right hand that may have been caused by the beating. [4]

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4. www.npr.org › sections › health-shotsThe Doctor Who Championed Hand-Washing And Briefly ... - NPR

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   Jan 12, 2015 · The sad end to the story is that Semmelweis was probably beaten in the asylum and eventually died of sepsis, a potentially fatal complication of an infection in the bloodstream — basically, it's...

5. www.pbs.org › newshour › healthIn 1850, Ignaz Semmelweis saved lives with three words ... - PBS

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   He died there, two weeks later, on Aug. 13, 1865, at the age of 47. Historians still argue over what caused Semmelweis’s mental health breakdown and subsequent death.

6. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesIgnac Semmelweis—Father of Hand Hygiene - PMC

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   May 21, 2020 · Semmelweis suspected a common link between these deaths. He hypothesized that certain “death particles” from body tissues of deceased, stuck to the hands of physicians and medical students during autopsies; their unclean hands carried and transferred these particles to women in labor.

   • Author: Uvi Tyagi, Kailash Chander Barwal
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   • Publication: Indian J Surg. 2020 Jun; 82(3): 276-277.

7. www.cbc.ca › radio › ideasThe dirt on handwashing: the tragic death behind a life ...

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   May 28, 2020 · Within two weeks, Ignaz Semmelweis, the tortured godfather of handwashing, died of generalized sepsis — the same kind of infection that took the lives of countless women who had died at Vienna ...

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   How did Ignaz Semmelweis die?

   • He received no care, and the wounds became infected. Within two weeks, Ignaz Semmelweis, the tortured godfather of handwashing, died of generalized sepsis — the same kind of infection that took the lives of countless women who had died at Vienna General. He was 47.

   The dirt on handwashing: the tragic death behind a life-saving act - CBC…

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   How did Dr Semmelweis die?

   • Dr. Semmelweis’s behavior became more and more erratic and he was finally committed to an insane asylum on July 30, 1865. He died there, two weeks later, on Aug. 13, 1865, at the age of 47. Historians still argue over what caused Semmelweis’s mental health breakdown and subsequent death.

   In 1850, Ignaz Semmelweis saved lives with three words: wash your hands

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   Did Semmelweis die from sepsis?

   • The sad end to the story is that Semmelweis was probably beaten in the asylum and eventually died of sepsis, a potentially fatal complication of an infection in the bloodstream — basically, it's the same disease Semmelweis fought so hard to prevent in those women who died from childbed fever.

   The Doctor Who Championed Hand-Washing And Briefly Saved Lives

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   Could Ignaz Semmelweis have saved a lot of lives?

   • Ignaz Semmelweis washing his hands in chlorinated lime water before operating. This is the story of a man whose ideas could have saved a lot of lives and spared countless numbers of women and newborns' feverish and agonizing deaths. You'll notice I said "could have."

   The Doctor Who Championed Hand-Washing And Briefly Saved Lives

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9. www.newscientist.com › people › ignaz-semmelweisIgnaz Semmelweis | Discovered the importance of handwashing ...

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   He died in a public insane asylum five years later, at the age of 47. Advertisement. Semmelweis must take some of the blame for his failure to win over his colleagues. Accounts describe him as...