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Archive Home > 2006 > September > 28 > Clean hands, good health

Clean hands, good health

Scientists have been aware of the correlation for 160 years, but many of us still don't wash enough

By Markian Hawryluk / The Bulletin
September 28, 2006

n the late 1840s, Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis made one of the most important discoveries in the history of disease control. The Vienna physician was stymied by an alarming death rate in the maternity ward staffed by medical students, until he discovered that the students had their rounds in the....

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