Properties (54)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
Person
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gptkbp:advocatesFor |
Public health education
Sanitary practices Washing hands before childbirth |
gptkbp:almaMater |
gptkb:University_of_Vienna
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gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Vienna_General_Hospital
gptkb:Vienna_Medical_School |
gptkbp:awards |
Honorary_membership_in_the_Hungarian_Academy_of_Sciences
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gptkbp:birthDate |
1818-07-01
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gptkbp:burialPlace |
gptkb:Kerepesi_Cemetery
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gptkbp:children |
5
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gptkbp:contributedTo |
Maternal mortality reduction
|
gptkbp:contribution |
Reduction of puerperal fever
|
gptkbp:controversy |
Opposition from medical community
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gptkbp:criticism |
Lack of scientific explanation
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gptkbp:deathDate |
1865-08-13
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gptkbp:famousFor |
Semmelweis_reflex
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gptkbp:famousQuote |
“The greatest medical discovery of the 19th century.”
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gptkbp:field |
Medicine
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gptkbp:fieldOfStudy |
Infectious diseases
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gptkbp:historicalPeriod |
19th century
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
Pioneer_of_antiseptic_procedures
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Ignaz Semmelweis
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gptkbp:impact |
Maternal health improvements
|
gptkbp:influenced |
Medical education
Public health policies Modern antiseptic procedures Modern medicine Nursing practices Childbirth practices. Hygiene practices in hospitals |
gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Joseph_Lister
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gptkbp:inspiration |
Infection control measures
|
gptkbp:knownFor |
The Savior of Mothers
Hand_hygiene |
gptkbp:legacy |
Handwashing in medical practice
|
gptkbp:nationality |
gptkb:Austrian-Hungarian
Hungarian |
gptkbp:notableEvent |
Establishment of handwashing protocols
Discovery_of_the_importance_of_hand_hygiene |
gptkbp:notableFeature |
gptkb:Florence_Nightingale
|
gptkbp:notableWork |
The_Etiology,_Concept,_and_Prophylaxis_of_Childbed_Fever
|
gptkbp:occupation |
Physician
|
gptkbp:philosophy |
Empirical observation
|
gptkbp:placeOfDeath |
Sepsis
|
gptkbp:posthumousRecognition |
Semmelweis Day
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gptkbp:publishedIn |
Medical journals
|
gptkbp:recognizedBy |
Medical historians
|
gptkbp:recognizes |
Father of Infection Control
|
gptkbp:research |
Childbed fever
|
gptkbp:researchField |
Obstetrics
|
gptkbp:researchInterest |
Clinical trials
|
gptkbp:residence |
gptkb:Vienna
|
gptkbp:spouse |
Maria_Weidenhofer
|