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may 21, 1847 - Ignaz Semmelweis

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Everyone ignored his discovery of hand washing and this resulted in women dying continually. He was fired and sent to a mental institution for his bizarre "discovery". Semmelweis ended up dying with the same bacteria (strep throat).

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