Short biography about ignaz semmelweis
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Ignaz Semmelweis
Ignaz Philip Semmelweis | |
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| Born | Semmelweis Ignác Fülöp ()1 July Tabán, Buda, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (modern-day Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary) |
| Died | 13 August () (aged47)[1] In a Austrianpsychiatric hospital in Oberdöling, Austrian Empire (modern-day Döling, Vienna, Vienna, Austria) |
| Causeof death | Gangerous wound caused by infection |
| Education | University of Vienna (began studying law there in the fall (or autumn) of ; graduated in and awarded with a doctor of medicine) |
| Almamater | University of Vienna (began studying law there in the fall (or autumn) of ; graduated in and awarded with a doctor of medicine) |
| Occupation(s) | Physician and scientist |
| Knownfor | Introducing hand disinfection standards, antiseptic procedures, discovering the cause of postpartum infection, inventing the g
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