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The Doctors' Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis (Great Discoveries)
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The Doctors' Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis (Great Discoveries) (2003) (edit title/settings)

by Sherwin B. Nuland (Author) (edit contributors)

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"Riveting" ( Houston Chronicle ), "captivating" ( Discover ), and "compulsively readable" ( San Francisco Chronicle ). Surgeon, scholar, best-selling author, Sherwin B. Nuland tells the strange story of Ignác Semmelweis with urgency and the insight gained from his own studies and clinical... read more

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  • Ignac Semmelweis: An assistant physician at the Allgemeine Krankenhaus, a hospital in Vienna where one out ofevery six women who gave birth died of puerperal fever. Semmelweis' conviction that it was thedoctors themselves, with their poor hygiene habits, that spread this disease was met withdisdain; and his stubborn efforts at change ruined his own career.
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She felt lucky in at least this one thing—it was a Sunday, and she would not have to go to the hospital alone.

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This book is in Great Discoveries. (standard series)

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  1. Sherwin B. Nuland (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
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Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0393052990
Page Count: 160

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