The Etiology, Concept, and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever - Ignaz Semmelweis, Ignác Fülöp Semmelweis - Google Books

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In 1859 a Hungarian obstetrician named Ignaz Semmelweis, reflecting on his years as resident in the Vienna maternity clinic, wrote a graphic account of his attempt to diagnose and eliminate the then epidemic scourge of childbed fever. The resulting…