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Dr. Semmelweis and the Discovery of Handwashing

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Updated 09/2024
Reanalyse the data behind one of the most important discoveries of modern medicine: handwashing.
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Dr. Semmelweis and the Discovery of Handwashing

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.

Dr. Semmelweis and the Discovery of Handwashing

Reanalyse the data behind one of the most important discoveries of modern medicine: handwashing.
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  • 1

    Meet Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis

  • 2

    The alarming number of deaths

  • 3

    Death at the clinics

  • 4

    The handwashing begins

  • 5

    The effect of handwashing

  • 6

    The effect of handwashing highlighted

  • 7

    More handwashing, fewer deaths?

  • 8

    A Bootstrap analysis of Semmelweis handwashing data

  • 9

    The fate of Dr. Semmelweis

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  • Sreelakshmi S.
    5 months

    I enjoyed writhing Python code and using their libraries for Data analytics

  • Ishtiaq A.
    9 months

    I really enjoyed this project

  • Eliana L.
    11 months

    Me gusto.

  • dody k.
    11 months

    I think its so oweeome course

  • Lujain y.
    12 months

    nice

"I enjoyed writhing Python code and using their libraries for Data analytics"

Sreelakshmi S.

"I really enjoyed this project"

Ishtiaq A.

"Me gusto."

Eliana L.

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