Semmelweis: The Man Who Discovered Handwashing

<p>A young doctor found a way to stop mothers dying in childbirth. It cost nothing: wash your hands. He proved it worked, and the medical establishment ignored him, mocked him, and drove him out — and he died in an asylum while the women he could have saved went on dying.</p><p>August Mercer tells the story of the deadly gap between being right and being believed. This is Six Feet of History — five minutes of the past they'd rather you forget.</p><p><em>Follow for a new story every day. A Dark Whisper Studios production.</em></p><p><em>#history #truehistory #truestories</em></p>