Healers

Ignaz Semmelweis

Physician

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Medicine Atlas. "Ignaz Semmelweis." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/healers/ignaz-semmelweis.

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Medicine Atlas. (n.d.). Ignaz Semmelweis. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/healers/ignaz-semmelweis

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@misc{medicineatlas-ignaz-semmelweis,
  author = {Medicine Atlas},
  title = {Ignaz Semmelweis},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/healers/ignaz-semmelweis},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis was a Hungarian medical doctor and scientist of German descent who was an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures, known as the 'saviour of mothers.' In 1847 he proposed hand washing with chlorinated lime solutions at Vienna General Hospital's First Obstetrical Clinic, and the maternal mortality rate dropped from 18 percent to less than 2 percent.

Facts

Birth Yearthe subject's own account

1818 1

Birth Datethe subject's own account

1818-07-01 1

Death Yearthe subject's own account

1865 1

Death Datethe subject's own account

1865-08-13 1

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1. Ignaz Semmelweis (Wikipedia)

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Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis was a Hungarian medical doctor and scientist of German descent who was an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures, known as the "saviour of mothers". ... In 1847, he proposed hand washing with chlorinated lime solutions at Vienna General Hospital's First Obstetrical Clinic, where doctors' wards had thrice the mortality of midwives' wards. The maternal mortality rate dropped from 18% to less than 2%.

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