jan 30, 1800 - Germ Theory (1800's)
Description:
Ignoz Semmelweis works in hospital and notices higher numbers of maternity death in one hospital than the other. Tells nurses to wash hands with chlorine before delivering babies and death goes down. Practice is adopted, however he was put into a mental institution for this claim and dies of the same disease he helped prevent (Perpetual Fever)Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 30, 1800
Now
~ 225 years ago