Re:Hundreds of extreme self-citing scientists revealed in ne...
by carapace on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @06:45PM
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Semmelweis. He never received the Nobel prize, but I think he counts towards the point.
> Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis discovered in 1847 that hand-washing with a solution of chlorinated lime reduced the incidence of fatal childbed fever tenfold in maternity institutions. However, the reaction of his contemporaries was not positive; his subsequent mental disintegration led to him being confined to an insane asylum, where he died in 1865.
> Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis discovered in 1847 that hand-washing with a solution of chlorinated lime reduced the incidence of fatal childbed fever tenfold in maternity institutions. However, the reaction of his contemporaries was not positive; his subsequent mental disintegration led to him being confined to an insane asylum, where he died in 1865.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_reaction_to_Ignaz...