Is There a Smart Doctor in the House? – The Semmelweis reflex

In the early 1800’s bacteria was not fully understood even though the basics of bacteria was discovered by Robert Hooke and Antoni van Leeuwenhoek in 1665 and 1676 respectively. Some patients were plagued with bad bacteria that cause many deaths. One doctor was determined to find out the cause of death of his patients even though most other doctors didn’t […]