Fact 1
He is now known as an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures.
Fact 2
Described as the “savior of mothers”, Semmelweis discovered that the incidence of puerperal fever could be drastically cut by the use of hand disinfection in obstetrical clinics.
Fact 3
Semmelweis's observations conflicted with the established scientific and medical opinions of the time and his ideas were rejected by the medical community.
was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, as well as the first woman on the UK Medical Register
A British surgeon and first to use antiseptic medicine.
Was an American medical researcher and virologist.
is a Filipino physician who has done research on medical parasitology and public health
was an American scientist and the 1983 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
Was an American pharmacologist and biochemist who was famous for her scientific discovery of drugs to treat leukemia and herpes and to prevent the rejection of kidney transplants.
was a Persian polymath who wrote almost 450 works on a wide range of subjects, of which around 240 have survived
A German physiologist.
Was a German-born physicist who was best known for studying and finding the diseases anthrax, tuberculosis and cholera