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Bookmark or Share- Ignaz Semmelweis, the doctor who discovered the - The ConversationOne of the front-line defenses individuals have against the spread of the coronavirus can feel decidedly low-tech: hand-washing. In fact, it was 19th-century Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis...
- The Doctor Who Championed Hand-Washing And Briefly Saved LivesIgnaz 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...
- Ignaz Semmelweis | Biography & Facts | BritannicaIgnaz Semmelweis (born July 1, 1818, Buda, Hungary, Austrian Empire [now Budapest, Hungary]—died August 13, 1865, Vienna, Austria) was a Hungarian physician who discovered the cause of puerperal (childbed) fever and introduced antisepsis into medical practice.
- Ignaz Semmelweis - WikipediaIgnaz 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 mothers". [2]
- The Man Who Invented Modern Infection Control - JSTOR DailyIgnaz Semmelweis is known as the nineteenth-century doctor who discovered the cause of childbed fever, the devastating illness that often struck women shortly after childbirth and killed scores of mothers and babies. His solution was that doctors should wash their hands.
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