Handwashing Saved Thousands. Suggesting It Drove Him Mad.
19th Century

Handwashing Saved Thousands. Suggesting It Drove Him Mad.

A Hungarian physician proved that washing hands could save thousands of lives—and was driven mad for suggesting it.

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19th CenturyMedical HistoryViennaMaternal MortalityScientific RevolutionGerm TheoryInstitutional ResistanceMental HealthIgnaz SemmelweisAntisepticsHospital ReformScientific Method

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