It would be a few years before Pasteur formulated the Germ Theory of Disease, and so Semmelweis lacked the framework to explain his breakthrough. He just knew that it worked, and his stubborn ...

It wasn’t until around 20 years later that Louis Pasteur’s germ theory inclined more people to wash their hands often and, sadly too late for Semmelweis, he was proven right. Credit: Pixabay / Florian ...

Ignaz Semmelweis was the first doctor to discover the importance for medical professionals of hand washing. In the 19th century, it was common for women to die from an illness contracted during ...