WilliamLMillerI am rewriting the part of my book where Semmelweis goes to experience reinvigoration of “mind and spirit” from the artistic treasures of Venice before making his breakthrough discovery. Preparation for inspiration like Newton and his apple. #Semmelweis #LeisureMatters #History #Science #BeyondSurvival #bookstodon #writersofmastodon
I am rereading Etiology, Concept, and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever (1861). In it, Ignaz Semmelweis prefigured germ theory with a radical idea: disease can have a single preventable cause. That insight reshaped human evolution. It is strange to read this knowing his martyrdom would come only four years later.
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