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Ignaz Semmelweis

Ignaz Semmelweis

Hungarian physician and scientist

Appears in 2 stories

Born: July 1, 1818, Tabán, Budapest, Hungary
Died: August 13, 1865 (age 47 years), Oberdöbling, Vienna, Austria
Books: Etiology, Concept and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever
Children: Béla Szemerényi, Antónia Semmelweis, and Margit Szemerényi
Spouse: Maria Weidenhoffer (m. 1857–1865)

Stories

The 44% Drop in Maternal Deaths

The 44% Drop in Maternal Deaths

Pioneer of antiseptic obstetrics - Deceased (1865)

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The Century That Stopped Burying Babies

The Century That Stopped Burying Babies

Hungarian physician, pioneer of antiseptic procedures - Died 1865; vindicated posthumously

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