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It always amazes me when to think that until Lister walking from a autopsy to a birth with no washing in between was never thought of twice. It's one of those t
by frockington 8y ago
It always amazes me when to think that until Lister walking from a autopsy to a birth with no washing in between was never thought of twice. It's one of those things that seems so obvious today but wasn't in practice until recently. Much like sun exposure and smoking causing cancer
- jaclaz 8y ago>until Lister Actually, the "pioneer", a bit earlier than Joseph Lister: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lister https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lister was Ignaz Semmelweis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis
- frockington 8y agoThanks for the link, it was a good read. Most surprising part was his friend "who had been accidentally poked with a student's scalpel" dying just from that. Absolutely crazy the amount of death just from improper sterilization