Ignaz Semmelweis

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis was a Hungarian physician and scientist of German descent who was an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures and was described as the "saviour of mothers". Postpartum... Wikipedia

• Born:  Semmelweis Ignác Fülöp, July 1, 1818, Buda, Hungary, Austrian Empire, (now Budapest, Hungary)
• Age at death:  47 years
• Died:  August 13, 1865, Oberdöbling, Austrian Empire (now Vienna, Austria)
• Citizenship:  Kingdom of Hungary
• Fields:  Obstetrics, surgeries
• Institutions:  Vienna General Hospital, Szent Rókus Kórház
• Alma mater:  University of Vienna
• Known for:  Introducing hand disinfection standards, in obstetrical clinics, from 1847
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