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5. semmelweiss understood that the midwives knew what they were doing--another thing that

Wed Jan 14, 2015, 11:19 PM

Jan 2015

pissed off the male docs.

so the good doc ended up in an asylum and died of a beating 14 days later. how incredibly sad.

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I heard this the other day PumpkinAle Jan 2015 #1

Yes. LiberalElite Jan 2015 #2

This reminds me of a good book. Curmudgeoness Jan 2015 #3

I'm going to look that up in the library - thanks! LiberalElite Jan 2015 #4