Ignaz Semmelweis
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Ignaz Semmelweis
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Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis 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". Postpartum infection, also known as puerperal fever or childbed fever, consists of any bacterial infection of the reproductive tract following birth and in the 19th century was common and often fatal. Semmelweis discovered that the incidence of infection could be drastically reduced by requiring healthcare workers in o
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Early pioneer of antiseptic procedures
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis
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2002-08-23T22:17:47Z
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2024-09-03T20:56:34Z
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