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