• Th4tGuyII@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    The fucked up part is that barely a decade after his death - thanks to the efforts of Louis Pasteur - Semmelweis’s work went from so controversial they condemned him to his death, to becoming the basis for the field of aseptics

      • AtariDump@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I know that effect!

        “That’s the Florence Nightingale effect. It happens in hospitals when nurses fall in love with their patients.”

        But what was George doing in that tree?