Ignez Semmelweise Flashcards
1
Q
What did Semmelweise discover
A
How important it was that medical professionals washed their hands
2
Q
What were doctors doing before
A
Handling corpses and then helping women give birth
3
Q
What did semmelwiese make it mandatory to do in his hospital
A
Wash your hands and the mortality rate fell from 18% to 2 % and then dropped to 1% after making it mandatory to wash your hands
4
Q
Who didn’t believe him
A
The other doctors
