So interesting to learn that practices like this took place.

Medical students and doctors were dissecting dead bodies in the morgue and then going directly to the clinic to deliver babies. It became clear to Semmelweis that the doctors were transferring something from the corpses to the women in labour.
The Doctor Who Discovered that Handwashing Saves Lives
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Caroline Baker
Julia A. Keirns
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So interesting to learn that practices like this took place. We can't even imagine doing something like this today.
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Written by Julia A. Keirns
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Currently living in an RV full time and traveling across North America. The goal is simply to write about it. Editor of Fiction Shorts, the Challenged, and ROD.
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