Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865) was a Hungarian physician who demonstrated that puerperal fever was contagious and that cases of puerperal fever could be drastically reduced if caregivers washed their hands thoroughly with bleach solution. Portrait on German GDR postage stamp
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Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865) was a Hungarian physician who demonstrated that puerperal fever was contagious and that cases of puerperal fever could be drastically reduced if caregivers washed their hands thoroughly with bleach solution. Portrait on German GDR postage stamp

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Feb 08, 2026

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Photo12/imageBROKER/Alf Jönsson

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