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I am a retired librarian, most recently serving at Indiana Wesleyan University's Cleveland Education Center.

Saturday, May 20, 2023

Ignaz Semmelweiz

Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweiz determined that sanitation, especially handwashing, would minimize the transmission of disease . He was shunned by the medical establishment in the 1840s, but his discovery is honored today.

-DD

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