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Who showed in 1847 and 1848 that hand washing cut puerperal fever?
AFlorence Nightingale
BHippocrates of Kos
CIgnaz Semmelweis
DLord Joseph Lister
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Ignaz Semmelweis
Ignaz Semmelweis found that washing hands before delivery lowered deaths from puerperal fever.
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