Emphasis Preaching Journal
In 1840 Vienna was a...
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In 1840 Vienna was a place where a lot of medical research was done. Although the best treatment in the world was given there, one out of six women who gave birth later died.
In April of 1847 Dr. Inges Semmelweis, head of obstetrics at one of the leading hospitals of the city, was reading his Bible and made a great discovery. He read the Bible's injunctions about handling the dead, and then it clicked with him. The physicians almost always went directly from the morgue when they arrived at the hospital. They went from there to do their rounds.
In April of 1847 Dr. Inges Semmelweis, head of obstetrics at one of the leading hospitals of the city, was reading his Bible and made a great discovery. He read the Bible's injunctions about handling the dead, and then it clicked with him. The physicians almost always went directly from the morgue when they arrived at the hospital. They went from there to do their rounds.
