Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the front-line defenses individuals have against the spread of the coronavirus can feel decidedly low-tech: hand-washing.

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when hand-washing, even for doctors, wasn't considered part of basic hygiene. That is, until one man sounded the alarm. You have to hand it to Ignaz ...

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March 20 (UPI) --Google is celebrating physician Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis and hand washing with a new Doodle. Semmelweis was appointed Chief Resident in the maternity clinic of Vienna General Hospital in ...

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Born in 1818, Semmelweis eventually went on to obtain a master’s degree in midwifery from the University of Vienna, and spent his initial tenure at the Vienna General Hospital in the mid 19th century, ...

Related News One of the front-line defenses individuals have against the spread of the coronavirus can feel decidedly low-tech: hand-washing. In fact, it was 19th-century Hungarian physician Ignaz ...

Everyone knows handwashing is an easy way to stay healthy, but that wasn't always so. In the 1840s, advocating it cost a doctor his career. Doctors at a German clinic prepare for an operation by ...

(CBS News) — There was a time in the not-too-distant past when hand-washing, even for doctors, wasn’t considered part of basic hygiene. That is, until one man sounded the alarm. You have to hand it to ...