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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 · In fact, it was 19th-century Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis who, after observational studies, first advanced the idea of “hand hygiene” in medical settings. The simple act of...
Semmelweis believe that the doctors were dissecting infected corpses and – cue gag reflex – immediately afterward, delivering babies, without stopping to wash their hands. He suspected that this was the source of the deadly problem.
- Nathan Chandler
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...
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 ...
