2001 | USA | Fiction

Semmelweis

  • English No 22 mins
  • Director | Jim Berry
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It’s a tragic, maddening story, pitting common sense against the entrenched ignorance that drove Semmelweis to a nervous breakdown. In 1847, he discovered that many cases of childbirth fever had been caused by the fact that doctors weren’t washing their hands before treating pregnant women. His findings were spurned by the medical community. Shortly after his breakdown, Semmelweis died.

 

Hygiene Childbirth Doctor Fever
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