Ignaz Semmelweiss

What was causing women to die at the hospital?

• syphilis

• measles

• childbed fever

What breakthrough helped solve the mystery?

• the midwives shared a new technique

• Semmelweis read an article in a journal

• a doctor died of the same type of fever

How did doctors react to Semmelweis' edict about handwashing?

• They were not happy and refused to comply

• They started making their own soap

• They praised his idea

What medium is used to grow bacteria?

• agar jelly

• a protein mix

• glucose

What ultimately happened to Semmelweis?

• He won a Nobel prize

• His contract was not renewed

• He was murdered

How did Semmelweis die?

• Syphilis

• Septicemia (ironically)

• He was murdered