Use the passage to answer the question. Considering the content of the entire text, what is the author’s purpose in bolding the two scientists’ names, Joseph Lister and Robert Koch? (1 point) Responses to draw attention to the doctors and scientists who expanded on Semmelweis’s breakthroughs to draw attention to the doctors and scientists who expanded on Semmelweis’s breakthroughs to emphasize the landmark scientists who were more successful than Semmelweis to emphasize the landmark scientists who were more successful than Semmelweis to show how different physicians made the same discovery as Semmelweis but at a later time to show how different physicians made the same discovery as Semmelweis but at a later time to indicate that in the digital form of the text there are links to more information about these physicians to indicate that in the digital form of the text there are links to more information about these physicians

Answer 1

The author’s purpose in bolding the names of Joseph Lister and Robert Koch is to draw attention to the doctors and scientists who expanded on Semmelweis’s breakthroughs.