TIL of Ignaz Semmelweis who made doctors wash their hands between autopsies and deliveries. He was later shunned by the scientific community, and beaten to death by asylum guards.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis



Submitted April 04, 2015 at 01:15PM by haponto http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/31egn3/til_of_ignaz_semmelweis_who_made_doctors_wash/