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007skaty Alice Stewart's Discovery
A prenatal X-ray doubled the risk (doubled the risk...) But they swept her warnings off of the desk (off of the desk...)
007skaty In 1847, Ignaz Semmelweis cut Vienna General Hospital mortality from 18% to under 2%, but doctors committed him to an asylum in 1865.
In 1847, what chemical solution did Ignaz Semmelweis require doctors to use for handwashing?
Which scientific theory, later popularized by Louis Pasteur, eventually proved Ignaz Semmelweis right?
007skaty Skeptics rejected Dr. Snow's water theory, but his Broad Street map was right.
Hand hygiene: Before handwashing, 19th-century doctors proudly wore surgical coats stiff with dried blood and pus as a badge of experience.
007skaty Decode Barry's gut reactions to discover that being called crazy doesn't change the facts.
In what year did Barry Marshall and Robin Warren receive the Nobel Prize for their ulcer discovery?
What species of bacteria did Barry Marshall drink to prove it caused stomach ulcers?
What specific form of childhood cancer did Alice Stewart link to prenatal X-ray exposure?