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Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (German: [ˈɪɡnaːts ˈzɛml̩vaɪs]; Hungarian: Semmelweis Ignác Fülöp [ˈsɛmmɛlvɛjs ˈiɡnaːts ˈfyløp]; 1 July 1818 – 13 August 1865) was a Hungarian physician and scientist of German descent who was an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures and was described as the "saviour of mothers". [2]
Ignaz Semmelweis (born July 1, 1818, Buda, Hungary, Austrian Empire [now Budapest, Hungary]—died August 13, 1865, Vienna, Austria) was a Hungarian physician who discovered the cause of puerperal (childbed) fever and introduced antisepsis into medical practice.
Ignaz Semmelweis was a 19th century Hungarian obstetrician who spent his life trying and failing to convince surgeons to wash their hands. Famous for testing and observing the spread of disease, Semmelweis is credited with uncovering the role of hygiene in the prevention of disease outbreaks.
The Medical University of Budapest took on the name of its one-time professor Ignác Semmelweis in 1969, on the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the faculty of medicine, thus becoming the Semmelweis University of Medicine.
Semmelweis was appointed Professor of Theoretical and Practical Midwifery at the University of Pest on July 18, 1855, following the death of Professor Birly, who had been Semmelweis’ ardent opponent, refusing even to try handwashing with a chlorine solution, as he firmly believed puerperal fever originated in the bowel and was a strong ...
- Nicholas Kadar, Roberto Romero, Zoltán Papp
- 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.10.036
- 2018
- 2018/12
Jan 12, 2015 · The year was 1846, and our would-be hero was a Hungarian doctor named Ignaz Semmelweis. Semmelweis was a man of his time, according to Justin Lessler, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins ...
In 1855 Semmelweis became a professor of obstetrics at the University of Pest and his techniques were accepted throughout Hungary. In 1861 he published a major paper, "Etiology, Understanding, and Preventing of Childbed Fever," that displayed his meticulous research.
