Ignaz Semmelweis Questions With Complete
Solutions
What did many doctors think and why? Many doctors thought it was a punishment to
women , no one had ever seen bacteria or viruses so it was hard to think it was caused by
something they couldnt see.
What did doctors not like the idea of? That they might have been spreading the disease,
they were told their actions were killing instead of curing.
In hospitals day what's an example of a bacteria that is causing lots of problems and why?
MRSA, its resistant to antibiotics which causes lots of problems.
Who was ignaz semmelweis? A doctor in the mind 1850's.
At that time what happened to many women in hospital? They died from childbed fever a
few days after giving birth, nobody knew what caused it.
What did semmelweis notice about his medical students? That they went straight from
dissecting a dead body to delivering a baby without washing their hands. He wondered if they
were carrying to the cause of disease from the corpses to the patients.
Solutions
What did many doctors think and why? Many doctors thought it was a punishment to
women , no one had ever seen bacteria or viruses so it was hard to think it was caused by
something they couldnt see.
What did doctors not like the idea of? That they might have been spreading the disease,
they were told their actions were killing instead of curing.
In hospitals day what's an example of a bacteria that is causing lots of problems and why?
MRSA, its resistant to antibiotics which causes lots of problems.
Who was ignaz semmelweis? A doctor in the mind 1850's.
At that time what happened to many women in hospital? They died from childbed fever a
few days after giving birth, nobody knew what caused it.
What did semmelweis notice about his medical students? That they went straight from
dissecting a dead body to delivering a baby without washing their hands. He wondered if they
were carrying to the cause of disease from the corpses to the patients.
