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Ignaz Semmelweis

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[[Image:I_Semmelweis.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Semmelweis pictured on an Austrian postage stamp]]
'''Ignaz Semmelweis''' (1818-1865) was a 19th century physician best remembered for his contributions in combating "childbed fever", using modern [[scientific method]]s and [[statistics]].
He became intrigued with the finding the source of the 1 in 6 [[mortality rate]] for women giving birth in his ward of [[Vienna]]'s great research hospital.<ref> [http://exp-platform.com/semmelweisReflex.aspx The Semmelweis Reflex: Rejecting Results that Contradict Strong-Held Beliefs]</ref>
* In the physician-staffed first clinic in 1846, maternal deaths were 13.10 percent; in the mid-wives' clinic, mortality was only 2.03 percent. These numbers caused much puzzlement among doctors and terrible anxiety for expectant mothers. [http://books.google.com/books?id=PD2-gpsoh8kC&pg=PA165&lpg=PA165&dq=Semmelweis+%22invisible%22+childbed+fever%3F&source=bl&ots=GqrTUSbKz2&sig=EkukswsSWyoCyyK7um1IRAKH_4k&hl=en&ei=BYk2S6GNH4bElAf5u6iRBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CCAQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Semmelweis%20%22invisible%22%20childbed%20fever%3F&f=false]
#Nuland, S. "The doctor's plague: germs, childhood fever, and the strange story of Ignac Semmelweis." Williams and Willkins Norton, 2003.
==External Linkslinks==
*[http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/people/ignazsemmelweis.aspx Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-65)] - The Science Museum, London (this is the best concise article on his achievements)
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