Women Died Twice as Often When Medical Students Delivered Babies
19th Century

Women Died Twice as Often When Medical Students Delivered Babies

A Hungarian doctor noticed something strange about the maternity ward: women were dying at twice the rate when medical students delivered their babies.

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19th CenturyMedical HistoryViennaAustriaScientific DiscoveryInstitutional ResistancePublic HealthTragedyGerm TheoryMaternal MortalityIgnaz Semmelweis

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