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The Story of Ignaz Semmelweis

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The Story of Ignaz Semmelweis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis

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Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis[A] (German: [ɪˈɡnaːts ˈzɛml̩vaɪs]; Hungarian: Semmelweis Ignác Fülöp; 1 July 1818 – 13 August 1865) was a Hungarian physician of ethnic-German ancestry[2], now known as an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures. Described as the "saviour of mothers",[3] Semmelweis discovered that the incidence of puerperal fever (also known as "childbed fever") could be drastically cut by the use of hand disinfection in obstetrical clinics. Puerperal fever was common in mid-19th-century hospitals and often fatal. Semmelweis proposed the practice of washing hands with chlorinated lime solutions in 1847 while working in Vienna General Hospital's First Obstetrical Clinic, where doctors' wards had three times the mortality of midwives' wards.[4] He published a book of his findings in Etiology, Concept and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever.

Despite various publications of results where hand washing reduced mortality to below 1%, Semmelweis's observations conflicted with the established scientific and medical opinions of the time and his ideas were rejected by the medical community. Semmelweis could offer no acceptable scientific explanation for his findings, and some doctors were offended at the suggestion that they should wash their hands and mocked him for it. In 1865, Semmelweis suffered a nervous breakdown and was committed to an asylum, where he died at age 47 of pyaemia, after being beaten by the guards, only 14 days after he was committed. Semmelweis's practice earned widespread acceptance only years after his death, when Louis Pasteur confirmed the germ theory and Joseph Lister, acting on the French microbiologist's research, practiced and operated, using hygienic methods, with great success.

This should serve as a reminder to never blindly trust "science".

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Not interested in simply "surviving", I want to live as well as I can with what I have. The world may end next week but in the meantime I'm going to enjoy myself.

I've been retired now for 5 years and have LOTS of spare time to do whatever I want to do. I've done my share of airline traveling, and don't care to do any more. However, I grew up riding motorcycles and just got a wild hair and bought a 2019 Yamaha Tracer 900. I will pick it up on Monday. My goal is to do some canyon carving and light touring. My state has some of the most spectacular scenery around and I intend to see it all.

My siblings, also retired, want to travel to Ireland and have the means to do it. IMHO they should do it and do it NOW. The longer you wait, the less healthy you will be and less motivated with more excuses not to. One sibling seems to think that the world will stop turning if she's not at the kids and grandkids' every beck and call. Bro in-law thinks they should grow up. I agree.

You can't take it with you and the progeny will just fight over it, so I say spend it (with in reason) while you are still able to enjoy it. It will help the economy.

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