Ignaz Phillip Semmelweis was a Hungarian physician that pioneered early antiseptic techniques. The dedicated and empathetic doctor is described as the "savior of mothers" for his important discoveries about puerperal "child-bed" fever. Semmelweis' discoveries paved the way for modern disinfectant and antiseptic procedures in hospitals around the globe.
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