Ignaz Semmelweis saved the lives of thousands of women decades before Lister discovered the role of germs in disease. In fact, contrary to how it's taught in most science courses, infection was a known cause of disease and death centuries before Lister identified the role of germs.
Ignaz Semmelweis saved the lives of thousands of women decades before Lister discovered the role of germs in disease. In fact, contrary to how it's taught in most science courses, infection was a known cause of disease and death centuries before Lister identified the role of germs.