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The Doctors' Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis

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The "riveting" ( Houston Chronicle ), "captivating" ( Discover ), and "compulsively readable" ( San Francisco Chronicle ) story of the discovery that handwashing helps prevent the spread of disease.

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    • Title: The Doctors' Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis (Great Discoveries) by Sherwin B. Nuland
    • Publisher: W. W. Norton
    • Print ISBN: 9780393326253, 039332625X
    • eText ISBN: 9780393347852
    • Edition: 2004
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