Semmelweis 250 Klinikai Konferencia összefoglaló

Semmelweis University Budapest

The general pattern of healthy growth is quite similar from one individual to another, but there is considerable individual variability in size attained and rate of growth at different ages, with respect both to the body as a whole and to its specific parts. Both the whole body and its parts, therefore, must be measured, and the study of growth is syno-nimous to a large extent with measurements...

SemmelWeis and his predecessors.

IGNAZ SEMMELWEIS is generally known for identifying puerperal fever as an infectious disease preventable by aseptic methods. While no-one today would contest the importance, the practicality, or the independence of his contribution, its originality has been disputed from the beginning. When Semmelweis first reported his ideas in Vienna, a veterinarian claimed priority for the discovery.' The fi...

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Of soap and Semmelweis.

"Good infection control begins with good handwashing." While I preach, I wonder. Are they muttering to themselves, "How true, but how trite"? They hear, but do they listen? The devil elbows my side. "Cut the hackneyed sentence—stay with the technical stuff." Some days, I fight him off through the inspiration of leaders in other fields—for example, Julia Child ("good cooking begins with good ing...

Semmelweis University Doctoral School