Reads to me as an allegory very loosely based on the very real and sad story of Ignaz Semmelweis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis https://en.wiki

Reads to me as an allegory very loosely based on the very real and sad story of Ignaz Semmelweis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis