This conclusion indicates that during his lifetime, Dr. Semmelweis was mocked, but today people see the value of his work.
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"Ignaz Semmelweis Saved Lives: Wash Your Hands"
by Dr. Howard Markel
Since the early 1900’s, however, physicians and historians have heaped up high praise for Semmelweis’s work and expressed sympathy for his emotional troubles and premature death. Today, in every school of medicine and public health, his name is uttered with great reverence whenever the critical topic of hand washing is taught. Sadly, in real time, he was derided as an eccentric at best, and, at worst, as an angry, unstable man who ought to be drummed out of the profession.
The real truth of the matter is that his detractors were wrong and he was right. Dr. Semmelweis paid a heavy price as he devoted his short, troubled life to pushing the boundaries of knowledge in the noble quest to save lives.
On the 165th anniversary of publicly announcing his landmark medical discovery, it seems fitting that we pay grand tribute to the great Dr. Semmelweis. Perhaps the gesture he might appreciate the most, however, is for all of us to simply wash our hands often and well.
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This conclusion indicates that during his lifetime, Dr. Semmelweis was
mocked
, but today people see the
value
of his work.
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