Ignaz Semmelweis was ridiculed 1846, Started Vienna General hospital

Postpartum infection, purpureal fever, childbed fever, bacterial infection of the reproductive tract. Sepsis from infections acquired in a hospital, healthcare-associated infections (nosocomial) Home and street deliveries, low mortality 1847, death of Jakob Kolletschka

Link between cadaveric contamination and purpureal fever “cadaverous particles” 1847, Instigated hand washing, chlorinated lime, calcium hypochlorite, mortality rate in the First Clinic declined 90%

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis, 1818 – 1865
“saviour of mothers”