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Genius Belabored: Childbed Fever and the Tragic Life of Ignaz Semmelweis

Genius Belabored: Childbed Fever and the Tragic Life of Ignaz Semmelweis

Obenchain, Theodore G.

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ISBN10: 1966088159
ISBN13: 9781966088158
Publisher: Authors' Tranquility Press
Published: Nov 13 2024
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.38
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Obenchain traces the life of 19th century Hungarian obstetrician who was shunned and marginalized by colleagues for promoting a visionary but unorthodox origin of childbed fever, (puerperal fever). In an era preceding the germ theory hygienic measures were virtually non-existent. New mothers in particular contracted and died from puerperal fever. Semmelweis suspected that better hygienic measures could prevent these tragic deaths. But, surrounded by ignorance and complacency, the admittedly eccentric Semmelweis was soon marginalized and considered to be a misanthropic crank.

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