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Ignaz Semmelweis
Hungarian physician, early pioneer of antiseptic procedures (1818–1865).
Died August 13th, 1865 at 47 years old in Oberdöbling (pyaemia).
Occupations
botanist, gynecologist, hygienist, obstetrician, physician, university teacher
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