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So, ignoring him actually advanced science;-) Contemporary reaction to Ignaz Semmelweis Semmelweis's critics claimed his findings lacked scientific reasoning.

This is decades before germ theory was invented His name is Ignaz Semmelweis and the world was unjust to him.

Just how scientists learned a lot during their witch-hunts regarding Ignaz Semmelweis.

Is Ignaz Semmelweis a TEDx compatible person?

I'm always up for an Ignaz Semmelweis [1] reference.

I'd heard about Ignaz Semmelweis from a book I read and to think less than 200 years ago you would go to a hospital and they didn't bother to wash their hands between patients?

Ignaz Semmelweis offended surgeons - seen as "holy" men in noble work - by suggesting that their unwashed hands were killing patients.

From Aaron's Post: "Why did doctors so stubbornly reject Ignaz Semmelweis?

Also, bacteria was "discovered" by Ignaz Semmelweis, in mid 19th century.

Doctors really should show some humility and remember that 200 years ago it was an innovation for them to wash and disinfect their hands, and the guy who told them, Ignaz Semmelweis, was "red herring" chased into psychiatric asylum.

Ignaz Semmelweis discovered that it's a good idea to wash your hands before carrying out surgery.

Ignaz Semmelweis famously discovered that hand-washing before childbirth decreased morality by an order of magnitude.

Counterexample:Ignaz Semmelweis, who discovered in the 1840s that hand-washing dramatically reduced deaths in childbirth.