#medical-history

Stories tagged “medical-history” in the Weird Science History archive — 2 stories connected by this topic.

• The Surgeon Who Threaded a Tube Into His Own Heart
• The Doctor Who Discovered Handwashing — and Was Locked Away for It

Related topics: #cardiac-catheterization #cardiology #childbed-fever #germ-theory #handwashing #ignaz-semmelweis #nobel-prize #obstetrics