Women Kept Dying in Childbirth. The Doctors Were the Cause.
19th Century

Women Kept Dying in Childbirth. The Doctors Were the Cause.

In 1840s Vienna, a Hungarian doctor discovered why women kept dying in childbirth—and was destroyed for suggesting doctors wash their hands.

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Medical HistoryVienna19th CenturyMaternal MortalityScientific RevolutionIgnaz SemmelweisGerm TheoryProfessional ResistancePublic HealthInstitutional Authority

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