This! Can't recall the doctors name right now, but a 19th century Dr theorized that something was being transferred from the cadavers Dr's worked on to the mothers delivering babies--infant mortality was insanely high.
He advocated hand washing and was mocked mercilessly...
Semmelweiss. He was destroyed by all the establishment doctors who rejected the idea that their god-like selves needed to wash and change their clothes in a patient setting--They wore their everyday suits and boots in a day when those things weren't washed either.
This! Can't recall the doctors name right now, but a 19th century Dr theorized that something was being transferred from the cadavers Dr's worked on to the mothers delivering babies--infant mortality was insanely high. He advocated hand washing and was mocked mercilessly...
Semmelweiss. He was destroyed by all the establishment doctors who rejected the idea that their god-like selves needed to wash and change their clothes in a patient setting--They wore their everyday suits and boots in a day when those things weren't washed either.