. From Publishers Weekly In 1847, one out of every six women who delivered a baby in the First Division at the Allgemeine Krankenhaus hospital in Vienna died of childbed fever, a situation mirrored at other medical facilities in Europe and the U.S. Drawing on careful research, the author convincingly argues that, contrary to popular myth,
- Title : The Doctors' Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis (Great Discoveries)
- Author : Sherwin B. Nuland M.D.
- Rating : 4.70 (772 Vote)
- Publish : 2016-12-12
- Format : Paperback
- Pages : 208 Pages
- Asin : 039332625X
- Language : English
. From Publishers Weekly In 1847, one out of every six women who delivered a baby in the First Division at the Allgemeine Krankenhaus hospital in Vienna died of childbed fever, a situation mirrored at other medical facilities in Europe and the U.S. Drawing on careful research, the author convincingly argues that, contrary to popular myth, Semmelweis was not a persecuted victim but, despite his brilliance, was his own worst enemy. Bestselling author Nuland (How We Die), a clinical professor of surgery at Yale, details in lively descriptive writing just how Ignac Semmelweis, an assistant physician at Allgemeine Krankenhaus, uncovered the origin of this devastating epidemic. FYI: This volume is the first in Norton's Great Discoveries series, which highlights scientific achievement.Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. He was committed to a public mental institution and, according to Nuland, probably suffereHe also writes sensitively about a man who had the knowledge to save others nearly a half century before it is put to use, whose personal quirks and lack of respect for others played a part in the disregard of that knowledge.Fascinating, enlightening, and highly recommended.. What a fantastic book.if you live in a small house as I do1450 sq ftyou need to read this book. As an interior decorating shop, this book is an integral part of our work station. One is the usual word index and the other is a 38 page visual index showing the windows in black-and-white thumbnail sketches.It's terrific, not just for professional decorators, but for all individuals wanting a new look for their home.(I hope you find this review helpful, and if you do, please click yes.). Ignaz Semmelweis, an unknown Hungarian obstetrician, concluded that a procedure as simple as hand washing between patients could save nearly all of the women's lives.He was reviled, sank into despair and depression, and died of self-inflicted puerperal bacteria days after being admitted tIn mid-nineteenth-century Vienna, however, this was a subversive idea. Nuland tells the strange story of Ignác Semmelweis with urgency and the insight gained from his own studies and clinical experience. While his simple reforms worked immediatelychildbed fever in Vienna all but disappearedthey brought down upon Semmelweis the wrath of the establishment, and led to his tragic end.. With deaths from childbed fever exploding, Semmelweis discovered that doctors themselves were spreading the disease. Ignác Semmelweis is remembered for the now-commonplace notion that doctors must wash their hands before examining patients. "Riveting" (Houston Chronicle), "captivating" (Discover), and "compulsively readable" (San Francisco Chronicle). Surgeon, scholar, best-selling author, Sherwin B
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