Semmelweis
- Episode aired May 28, 1950
The factual story of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis is dramatized. The Hungarian physician saved untold numbers of kids from "childbed fever" (puerperal fever) by the use of disinfectants on hands and... Read allThe factual story of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis is dramatized. The Hungarian physician saved untold numbers of kids from "childbed fever" (puerperal fever) by the use of disinfectants on hands and equipment around pregnant women and newborns.The factual story of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis is dramatized. The Hungarian physician saved untold numbers of kids from "childbed fever" (puerperal fever) by the use of disinfectants on hands and equipment around pregnant women and newborns.