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The idea that infection could be spread by invisible substances was opposed vigorously by doctors in Vienna when proposed by [[Ignaz Semmelweis]]. He reduced the incidence of mothers dying after childbirth from infection from 20% to near-zero, but other doctors resisted his efforts and got him fired.
The idea that infection could be spread by invisible substances was opposed vigorously by doctors in Vienna when proposed by [[Ignaz Semmelweis]]. He reduced the incidence of mothers dying after childbirth from infection from 20% to near-zero, but other doctors resisted his efforts and got him fired.
Only after the germ theory was championed by Pasteur (see [[pasteurization]]) and Lister (namesake of [[Listerine]] mouthwash) did [[antiseptic medicine]] become popular.
Only after the germ theory was championed by Pasteur (see [[pasteurization]]) and Lister (namesake of [[Listerine]] mouthwash) did antiseptic medicine become popular.
Prior to germ theory, [[science|scientists]] widely speculated that disease was spread by noxious odors.<ref>Prevailing Theories of Cholera [http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/1859map/cholera_prevailingtheories_a2.html School of Public health, UCLA]</ref> As disease-spreading conditions - rotting meat, open sewage, and such things - was often highly odorous, the smell and disease were associated. Disease was also often attributed to [[demon]]ic [[possession]] – although demonic possession must be possible as it is mentioned in Scripture,<ref>Mark 5:1-13</ref> it is a rare occurrence, and almost all disease attributed to it was a result of other causes.
Prior to germ theory, [[science|scientists]] widely speculated that disease was spread by noxious odors.<ref>Prevailing Theories of Cholera [http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/1859map/cholera_prevailingtheories_a2.html School of Public health, UCLA]</ref> As disease-spreading conditions - rotting meat, open sewage, and such things - was often highly odorous, the smell and disease were associated. Disease was also often attributed to [[demon]]ic [[possession]] – although demonic possession must be possible as it is mentioned in Scripture,<ref>Mark 5:1-13</ref> it is a rare occurrence, and almost all disease attributed to it was a result of other causes.