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That's specifically about doctors washing their hands to prevent disease. Plenty of cultures had traditions of washing before that
by enkid 3y ago
That's specifically about doctors washing their hands to prevent disease. Plenty of cultures had traditions of washing before that
- oldgradstudent 3y ago> That's specifically about doctors washing their hands to prevent disease. Not prevention of disease, but preventing its spread. Doctors were a common transmission vector of infectious disease across history.
- enkid 3y agoI don't see a meaningful distinction between "preventing disease" and "preventing spread of disease" in this context given we're talking about pathogens.
- sornaensis 3y agoThe doctor isnt the one in danger dying or getting sick, that seems like a big distinction and probably the reason people were skeptical of it.