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Semmelweis at 200: Creativity, Skepticism and Charm in Medicine (2018)

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Hospitals and clinics Medicine Antisepsis Puerperal fever Childbirth 19th century Hungary Austro-hungary Austria

2018 marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ignaz Semmelweis, the man who first intuited the iatrogenic and infectious causes of puerperal fever, then was violently opposed for questioning old dogmas, and ultimately died of sepsis in a mental asylum. The rejection he encountered is not unusual among innovators, as breakthroughs are often ridiculed before eventually being accepted as selfevident. In fact, automatic rejection of new ideas has even been dubbed “The Semmelweis Reflex”. Thus, the anniversary of his birth provides a timely opportunity for revisiting the risks and benefits of skepticism in the creative process.

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Authors & Contributors
Schlumbohm, Jürgen
Gardiner, Susan
Gal Hertz
Chetan, Chetan
Pál, Viktor
Hutchison, Iain
Journals
Social History of Medicine
Medical History
Substantia: An International Journal of the History of Chemistry
Transfers
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Museum History Journal
Publishers
Edizioni Osiride
University of Pennsylvania Press
Central European University Press
Concepts
Medicine
Hospitals and clinics
Childbirth
Obstetrics and pregnancy
Antisepsis
Puerperal fever
People
Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp
Suess, Eduard
Gross, Hans
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century, early
Renaissance
Medieval
Ancient
Places
Hungary
Austria
Austro-hungary
Great Britain
Vienna (Austria)
Yugoslavia
Institutions
Universität Göttingen
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