Ironically, one of the reasons Semmelweis's colleagues rejected his "hand-washing" hypothesis was that it did not have a good enough empirical/statistical basis

Ironically, one of the reasons Semmelweis's colleagues rejected his "hand-washing" hypothesis was that it did not have a good enough empirical/statistical basis. http://www.methodquarterly.com/2014/11/handwashing/ http://www.methodquarterly.com/2014/11/handwashing/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_reaction_to_Ignaz_Semmelweis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_reaction_to_Ignaz...