Doctors Killed More Patients Than Disease. He Proved It.
19th Century

Doctors Killed More Patients Than Disease. He Proved It.

In 1847, a Hungarian physician discovered that doctors were killing more patients than disease—and his colleagues destroyed him for saying so.

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Medical History19th CenturyAustriaScientific DiscoveryProfessional PersecutionPublic HealthIgnaz SemmelweisViennaInstitutional ResistanceGerm TheoryHospital MedicineScientific Method

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