I'm reading #SiddhartaMukherjee's new book The Song of the Cell.

My jaw just dropped at the story of #IgnazSemmelweis, who discovered #Antisepsis well before #JosephLister, but whose hand-washing protocols were eventually rejected by the scientific community.

How much this was the result of his own failings and how much those of others, you be the judge.

#Obstetrics #Midwifery #Childbirth #PuerperalFever #ChildbedFever

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/01/12/375663920/the-doctor-who-championed-hand-washing-and-saved-women-s-lives