Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (German: [ˈɪɡnaːts ˈzɛml̩vaɪs]; Hungarian: Semmelweis Ignác Fülöp [ˈsɛmmɛlvɛjs ˈiɡnaːts ˈfyløp]; 1 July 1818 – 13 August 1865)...

The Semmelweis reflex or "Semmelweis effect" is a metaphor for the reflex-like tendency to reject new evidence or new knowledge because it contradicts...

clinics. Ignaz Semmelweis was born in the house on 1 July 1818; he was the fifth child of Joseph Semmelweis and Theresia Müller. The Semmelweis family were...

assessed by an official commission, which discarded his mosquito theory. Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian obstetrician working at the Vienna General Hospital (Allgemeines...

Ignaz Semmelweis discovered in 1847 that hand-wash with a solution of chlorinated lime reduced the incidence of fatal childbed fever tenfold in maternity...

Semmelweis University (Hungarian: Semmelweis Egyetem, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈsɛmːɛlvɛjs ˈɛɟɛtɛm]) is a research-led medical school in Budapest, Hungary...

extreme that Semmelweis moved from Vienna and, following a breakdown, was eventually committed to a mental asylum, where he died. Semmelweis was not the...

Labarraque's chlorine and chemical base solutions was in 1847, when Ignaz Semmelweis used chlorine-water (chlorine dissolved in pure water, which was cheaper...

charité-Krankenhauses zu Berlin. 1: 485–523: 501. quoted in Semmelweis (1861):225-227 Semmelweis, Ignaz (1861). Etiology, Concept and Prophylaxis of Childbed...

world Semmelweis is described as the "saviour of mothers." Ignaz Semmelweis Hanninen, Farago & Monos 1983. Semmelweis Society International. Semmelweis Society...