We went to see Dr Semmelweis at the theatre the other night. If you get a chance to watch it online I thoroughly recommend it. The hand washing and infection control to prevent deaths of mothers was clearly necessary. But his obsession with it ended up driving him loopy and losing all perspective and empathy for other people who weren’t as obsessive as him.
We went to see Dr Semmelweis at the theatre the other night. If you get a chance to watch it online I thoroughly recommend it. The hand washing and infection control to prevent deaths of mothers was clearly necessary. But his obsession with it ended up driving him loopy and losing all perspective and empathy for other people who weren’t as obsessive as him.