The Hungarian physician Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (1818-1865) was a pioneer of antisepsis in obstetrics and demonstrated that many cases of puerperal fever could be prevented.Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis, ...
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Along with American physician Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894), Ignaz Semmelweis was one of the first two doctors worldwide to recognize the contagious nature of puerperal fever and promote steps to ...
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Born in Budapest, Hungary, to a prosperous shopkeeping family of German origin, Semmelweis followed his undergraduate career at the University of Pest by earning his medical degree from the Vienna Med...
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Born in Budapest, Hungary, to a prosperous shopkeeping family of German origin, Semmelweis followed his undergraduate career at the University of Pest by earning his medical degree from the Vienna Med...
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Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis