Dr. Semmelweis and the Discovery of Handwashing

Project Description

In 1847, the Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis made a breakthough discovery: he discovers handwashing. Contaminated hands was a major cause of childbed fever and by enforcing handwashing at his hospital he saved hundreds of lives.

Project Tasks

1. 1
   Meet Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis
2. 2
   The alarming number of deaths
3. 3
   Death at the clinics
4. 4
   The handwashing begins
5. 5
   The effect of handwashing
6. 6
   The effect of handwashing highlighted
7. 7
   More handwashing, fewer deaths?
8. 8
   A Bootstrap analysis of Semmelweis handwashing data
9. 9
   The fate of Dr. Semmelweis