Google Doodle honours the doctor who first discovered handwashing benefits

As world is scrambling to fight vel coronavirus outbreak, Google today is celebrating doctor who first discovered handwashing benefits. Google remembered well-kwn physician Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis, man who first told world about vants of washing hands. 

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Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis was a physician born on July 1, 1818 in Budapest, Hungary. Semmelweis discovered that incidence of puerperal fever, which was common at time, could be cut drastically by washing our hands with disinfections. However, Semmelweis' idea was rejected by medical community due to lack of evidence. 

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Semmelweis was appointed assistant to Professor Johann Klein in First Obstetrical Clinic of Vienna General Hospital and his job re was to supervise difficult deliveries and teach students. While at hospital, Semmelweis discovered that doctors were attending patients, especially to-be mors without washing hands, thus transmitting infectious materials into m. 

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Semmelweis after a thorough investigation asked doctors to wash ir hands before attending patients. As a result, this brought down level of transmission of infections into patients. Semmelweis' discovery inspired young medical aspirants at Vienna General Hospital, who recognised importance and came forward with all assistance. Semmelweis' hygiene recommendations would deces later be kwn as "germ ory of disease."

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man who taught world about importance of washing hands was houred by a Google Doodle today because of ongoing global crisis, an infectious disease outbreak that has so far killed more than 10,000 people and has infected over 2,45,000. COVID-19 is being said originated from a seafood market in China's Wuhan city, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally. Scientists are yet to develop a vaccine to fight dely virus, however, human trials have begun in United States earlier this week.