puerperal fever

What Did Dr Semmelweis Discover?

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What Did Dr Semmelweis Discover? Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis was a Hungarian gynecologist who is known as a pioneer of antiseptic procedures. Semmelweis discovered that the incidence of puerperal fever could be drastically cut by the use of hand disinfection in obstetrical clinics. Who discovered the cause of childbed fever? Described as the “saviour of mothers”,