Ignaz Semmelweiss

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Who was Ignaz Semmelweiss?
Ignaz Semmelweiss was a hunagrian physician.
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What did Semmelweiss prove?
Semmelweiss' hard work proved that washing hands could drastically reduce the number of woemn dying after childbirth in the 1840s.
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What was Ignaz Semmelweiss?
Ignaz Semmelweiss was the director of the vienna general hospital maternity clinic.
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What year was semmelweiss born?
Semmelweiss was born in 1818
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What year did semmelweiss die?
Semmelweiss died in 1865
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