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歷史記載
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首次分娩革命
直到進入到19世紀末期，許多婦女仍然在分娩中或分娩後不久卒命。甚至在醫生照護的醫院裏，年輕產婦的死亡率也非常的高。直到1847年這種狀況才有改觀。當時，一個名叫Ignaz Semmelweis
(1818-65)的奧地利內科醫生發現恐怖的“產褥熱(childbed fever)”的緣由是產房裏缺乏衛生條件，在那裏醫生首先沒有洗手和對手進行消毒處理就給產婦進行檢查。因此，他命令他的學生在接觸病人之前去洗洗手。因而，在他的病房裏他能夠減少產婦的死亡率。儘管有如此的效果，他發現支持者少而懷疑者多。他的學生和同事不久便忘記了他的忠告，他甚至被解聘了大學職位。從那時以後，他在佩斯
(現今為布達佩斯的一部分）)的大學仍就實踐著（他的醫療方法），卻還沒有獲得足夠的承認。他於47歲時卒於一個精神病院。可是在最後，他的發現被人證實和被廣泛接受。因而，這位醫學先驅以“母親的拯救者”而知名。
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Historical Notes
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A First Revolution in Childbirth
Until well into the 19th century many women died in childbirth or shortly
thereafter. Even in hospitals under the care of physicians the mortality of young mothers was very high. It was not until 1847 that an Austrian physician,
Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-65), discovered that the source of the feared "childbed fever" was the lack of hygiene inside the maternity wards, where doctors examined the mothers without washing and disinfacting their hands first. He therefore instructed his students to wash their hands every time before touching the patients, and thus he was able to reduce the number of maternal death in his ward.
In spite of this, he found little support and much disbelief. His students and colleagues soon forgot his advice, and he was even fired from his university position. Thereafter, he practiced at the university of Pest (today part of Budapest), still without much recognition. He died in an insane asylum at the age of 47. In the long run, however, his discovery was confirmed and generally accepted. Thus, this medical pioneer became known as the "savior of mothers".
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