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Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (1818-1865) was an obstetric assistant at the General Hospital in Vienna at a time when 10% of women were dying of puerperal (childbed) fever.

Short Biography:

He realized that the cause was infectious matter carried on the hands of doctors treating the women after handling corpses in the postmortem room. He introduced aseptic methods (hand-washing in chlorinated lime), and mortality fell to almost zero.

Semmelweis was sacked for his efforts, which were not wid read more...

Tags: obstetrician, procedures, asepsis

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