The heroic act of washing hands

In public health everything is recent. Demonstrations of which germs cause disease are just over a century and a half old. Pasteur, Lister, Koch... And before them, Ignaz Semmelweis believed in that, too. Without proof, he understood and prevented several deaths.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fernando Neubarth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Panamerican League of Associations of Rheumatology (PANLAR) 2020-06-01
Series:Global Rheumatology
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Online Access:https://globalrheumpanlar.org/articulo/el-heroico-acto-de-lavarse-las-manos-230?language=en