"In 1847, Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis discovered that washing one's hands with chlorine between deliveries practically eliminated fatal infections among l

"In 1847, Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis discovered that washing one's hands with chlorine between deliveries practically eliminated fatal infections among laboring women. (His colleagues ignored him and later committed him to a mental hospital, where he was beaten to death by guards.)" There's better reading on that here (link found in the original article): http://www.semmelweis.org/about/dr-semmelweis-biography/ http://www.semmelweis.org/about/dr-semmelweis-biography/ It's amazing how stubborn we can be to changes, even positive changes.