![Chappell Ellison on X: "Been thinking a lot about what happened to Ignaz Semmelweis, the doctor who, in the 1800s, discovered handwashing could save lives and attempted to popularize the practice https://t.co/BN7a5e5S74 Chappell Ellison on X: "Been thinking a lot about what happened to Ignaz Semmelweis, the doctor who, in the 1800s, discovered handwashing could save lives and attempted to popularize the practice https://t.co/BN7a5e5S74](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ER9jFGLXYAIjIxD.jpg:large)
Chappell Ellison on X: "Been thinking a lot about what happened to Ignaz Semmelweis, the doctor who, in the 1800s, discovered handwashing could save lives and attempted to popularize the practice https://t.co/BN7a5e5S74
![Ken D Berry MD on X: "Would Twitter have banned Dr Semmelweis for his "contradictory guidance" that doctors should wash their hands?? https://t.co/wqgVAyVZeE https://t.co/a1nI0S8NUP" / X Ken D Berry MD on X: "Would Twitter have banned Dr Semmelweis for his "contradictory guidance" that doctors should wash their hands?? https://t.co/wqgVAyVZeE https://t.co/a1nI0S8NUP" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVrDYFCWsAEE5c-.jpg)
Ken D Berry MD on X: "Would Twitter have banned Dr Semmelweis for his "contradictory guidance" that doctors should wash their hands?? https://t.co/wqgVAyVZeE https://t.co/a1nI0S8NUP" / X
![Mark Higgie on X: "Surprising Hungary's government updates on #coronavirus don't take place in front of the statue of its medical pioneer who was the first to champion hand-washing in killing germs, Mark Higgie on X: "Surprising Hungary's government updates on #coronavirus don't take place in front of the statue of its medical pioneer who was the first to champion hand-washing in killing germs,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EWDF6_oWkAAnfmr.jpg:large)
Mark Higgie on X: "Surprising Hungary's government updates on #coronavirus don't take place in front of the statue of its medical pioneer who was the first to champion hand-washing in killing germs,
![Ignaz Semmelweis. The first doctor to implement hand washing in hospitals. It's saved millions of lives and is the single greatest innovation in medicine. : r/Damnthatsinteresting Ignaz Semmelweis. The first doctor to implement hand washing in hospitals. It's saved millions of lives and is the single greatest innovation in medicine. : r/Damnthatsinteresting](https://preview.redd.it/ignaz-semmelweis-the-first-doctor-to-implement-hand-washing-v0-pj7a623zdb8b1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=b16255124515d0dacef61989bb7769a73ef4bc94)